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4 REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS: CAPTURING THE ORGANISATIONAL NEEDS

‘A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.’

Ovid (43BC–AD17)

4.1 WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THIS CHAPTER

• Understand the critical differences between collecting requirements for software construction as opposed to requirements for a software product selection. This especially applies if you (or your organisation) normally capture requirements to be passed to programmers to construct bespoke software.
• Be aware of some of the appropriate techniques for requirements definition, ...