Chapter 3 Requirements Elicitation
Introduction
In this chapter, we explore the many ways that requirements can be found, discovered, captured, or coerced. In this context, all of these terms are synonymous with elicitation. But “gathering” is not quite an equivalent term. Requirements are not like fallen fruit to be simply retrieved and placed in a bushel. Requirements are usually not so easy to come by, at least not all of them. Many of the more subtle and complex ones have to be teased out through rigorous, if not dogged processes. The following are common obstacles in the requirements elicitation process:
- New Project Domain: when requirements engineer doesn’t possess enough knowledge on the industry or the ...
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