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George Koelsch, Requirements Writing for System Engineering, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2099-3_15

15. Revisiting Requirement Problems and Their Solutions

George Koelsch1 

(1)Herndon, Virginia, USA

Remember, Chapter 1 talked about problems caused by requirements. Now, you will examine what things were taught to you that can eliminate, or at least significantly mitigate, these problems from happening.

Here is that previous list:

  1. Insufficient requirements

  2. Requirements creep

  3. Volatility

  4. Stove-piped requirements

  5. Scope—boundaries can be ill-defined

  6. Understanding users are not sure what they need

  7. May not satisfy user needs

  8. Misinterpretation—cause disagreements

  9. Cannot verify the requirements

  10. Wasted time and resources building the wrong functions

Now you ...

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