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Despite more than 50 years of practice, poor requirements continue to plague the software industry. Some projects have no written requirements at all, while others struggle with requirements documents that are incomplete, inconsistent, ambiguous, or otherwise flawed. The predictable outcomes include missed schedules, cost overruns, expensive rework, low quality, and dissatisfied customers. Who needs this? This presentation explores the software requirements domain, beginning with definitions of three levels of requirements and clarification of the subdomains of requirements engineering. Characteristics of high-quality software requirements are described, along with suggestions for writing high-quality requirements. You will also see more than 15 recommended good practices for improving the software requirements engineering processes on your projects.
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Despite more than 50 years of practice, poor requirements
continue to plague the software industry. Some projects have no written
requirements at all, while others struggle with requirements documents that are
incomplete, inconsistent, ambiguous, or otherwise flawed. The predictable
outcomes include missed schedules, cost overruns, expensive rework, low quality,
and dissatisfied customers. Who needs this?
Karl E. Wiegers Karl E. Wiegers is Principal Consultant with Process Impact, a software process consulting and education company in Portland, Oregon. Previously, he spent 18 years at Eastman Kodak Company, where he held positions among others as a software manager, and software process and quality improvement leader. Karl holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois. Karl’s most recent book is "Software Requirements, 2nd Edition" (Microsoft Press, 2003). He also wrote "Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide" and "Creating a Software Engineering Culture", as well as 160 articles on software development, chemistry, and military history. Karl has served on the Editorial Board for IEEE Software magazine and as a contributing editor for Software Development magazine. [ View On-demand ]
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