Software Requirements, Second Edition

Appendix A. Current Requirements Practice Self-Assessment

This appendix contains twenty questions that you can use to calibrate your current requirements engineering practices and to identify areas to reinforce. You can download a copy of this assessment and a spreadsheet to help you analyze the responses from http://www.processimpact.com/goodies.shtml. Select from the four possible responses for each question the one that most closely describes the way you currently deal with that requirements issue. If you want to quantify the self-assessment, give yourself zero points for each "a" response, 1 point for each "b," 3 points for each "c," and 5 points for each "d" response. The maximum possible score is 100 points. Each question refers you to the ...