Mastering the Requirements Process, Second Edition

15. Whither Requirements?

in which we consider some other issues for the requirements

Sometimes, the way we talk about the requirements process makes it sound as if this process has a clean start and finish: We begin on day 1 with a blank sheet and knowledgeable stakeholders, and once we have specified the requirements for a product, our job is over. We would certainly like that to be the case. In reality, requirements, like anything else, need to be managed—and not just while the requirements are being gathered, but for as long as the product exists.

In this chapter, we look at some of the management issues attached to requirements. Although this is not a complete treatise on managing a requirements effort, we will exploresome major issues: ...