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Requirements
Engineering
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Define requirements engineering.
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Discuss the steps of requirements engineering.
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Describe the details of what to do and how to perform the tasks within
each step in requirements engineering.
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Analyze several graphical languages that are used during requirements
engineering such as data flow diagrams, use cases, and entity-relationship
diagrams.
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6.1 Requirements Processing
Requirements form a set of statements that describe the user’s needs and
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