Software Requirement Patterns

Chapter 1. Synopsis of “Crash Course in Specifying Requirements”

In this chapter:

1.1 What Are Requirements? 4

1.2 Where Do Requirements Fit in the Grand Scheme? 5

1.3 A Few General Principles 6

1.4 A Traditional Requirements Process 7

1.5 Agile Requirements Processes 8

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.

“I don’t much care where—” said Alice.

“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

“—so long as I get somewhere,” Alice added as an explanation.

“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”

—Alice in Wonderland,

Lewis Carroll

This chapter tells you the bare minimum that you need to know about requirements to understand ...