Requirements Engineering Activities
The sub-processes that are part of a general requirements engineering process vary widely, depending on the type of system being developed and the specific practice of the organization developing the requirements. Activities within the RE process may include:
- Requirements inception -
- Requirements identification - identifying new requirements
- Requirements analysis and negotiation - checking requirements and resolving stakeholder conflicts
- Requirements specification (Software Requirements Specification)- documenting the requirements in a requirements document
- System modeling - deriving models of the system, often using a notation such as the Unified Modeling Language
- Requirements validation - checking that the documented requirements and models are consistent and meet stakeholder needs
- Requirements management - managing changes to the requirements as the system is developed and put into use
These are sometimes presented as chronological stages although, in practice, there is considerable interleaving of these activities.
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