Software Requirements

Now in its third edition, this classic guide to software requirements engineering has been thoroughly updated with new topics, examples, and guidance. Two leaders in the requirements community present a modern set of practices covering the full spectrum of requirements development and management activities in software projects. It describes practical, effective, field-tested techniques for managing the requirements engineering process from start to finish. The book provides examples showing how adhering to "good practices" can result in fewer change requests, increased customer satisfaction, and reduced development costs. It includes contemporary examples and new practices for applying effective requirements techniques to agile projects and various special project scenarios. Aimed at business analysts, developers, project managers, and other stakeholders with a general understanding of software development, it shares insights from the authors' extensive experience in delivering software-requirements training and presentations. New chapters focus on specifying data requirements, writing high-quality functional requirements, and requirements reuse. Additional depth has been added on business requirements, elicitation techniques, and nonfunctional requirements, with recommendations for effective practices in enhancement and replacement projects, packaged solutions, outsourcing, business process automation, analytics, reporting, a