Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach, Second Edition

Chapter 2. Introduction to Requirements Management

Key Points

• A requirement is a capability that is imposed on the system.

• Requirements management is a process of systematically eliciting, organizing, and documenting requirements for a complex system.

• Our challenge is to understand users' problems in their culture and their language and to build systems that meet their needs.

• A feature is a service that the system provides to fulfill one or more stakeholder needs.

• A use case describes a sequence of actions, performed by a system, that yields a result of value to a user.

Based on the data presented in Chapter 1, you can see why we're interested in focusing on requirements management. However, before we can begin explaining the various techniques and ...