28 Requirements Engineering for Software and Systems
What agencies (government) and entities (non-government) regulate any ◾
aspect of the system?
What laws govern the construction, deployment, and operation of the system? ◾
Who is involved in any aspect of the specification, design, construction, test- ◾
ing, maintenance, and retirement of the system?
Who will be negatively affected if the system is built? ◾
Who else cares if this system exists or doesn’t exist? ◾
Who have we left out? ◾
Let’s try this set of questions on the airline baggage handling system. ese
answers are not necessarily complete—over time, new stakeholders may be
revealed. But by answering these questions as completely as we can now, we reduce
the chances of ove ...