CHAPTER 5
Information Gathering
In order to accurately and comprehensively specify the system, the software engineer gathers and analyzes information via various methodologies. This chapter discusses these methodologies as outlined below:
- Rationale for Information Gathering
- Interviews
- Questionnaires and Surveys
- Sampling and Experimenting
- Observation and Document Review
- Prototyping
- Brainstorming and Mathematical Proof
- Object Identification
- Summary and Concluding Remarks
5.1 Rationale for Information Gathering
What kind of information is the software engineer looking for? The answer is simple, but profound: You are looking for information that ...
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