Requirements Engineering

Phases

• Elicitation
• Modeling
• Prioritization
• Verification
• Validation

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Module 00 - Brainstorming

• Start with why?
• Vision - What is the system / problem we are solving?
• Which characteristics are Stronger?

Module 01 - Conceptualization

• RichPicture - Premature Idea
• Research and knowledge gathering
• Enhancement of general rich picture

Module 02 - Argumentation

• Support for decision making
• Help to build a documentation
• Define Focus and Priorities

Module 03 - Elicitation****

• Brainstorming
  • Create the Interview and Questionnaire questions.
  • Abstract resulting requirements from other techniques
• Interviews
  • Questions coming from Brainstorm.
  • Interviews of more “experienced” people.
  • Interview subject to modification in the course of the conversation.
  • More heartfelt answers.
• Questionnaire, Observation & Contemplation
  • Questions generated from Brainstorm.
  • Reach a larger audience.
  • More quantitative data.
  • Know anonymity better.

Module 04 - Modeling

• Scenarios and lexicons
• Use Cases
  • Specification
  • Diagram
• Suplementary Specification
  • requirements that were not stated in the use cases
• Product Backlog
  • Theme
  • Epic
  • Features
• Traceability Matrix
  • Forward-from
  • Backward-from

Prioritization

• MoSCoW
  • Prioritization of post-elicitation requirements.

Analysis

Verification

Validation

Features

example:

ID	Description	Related ID (Epics)
FT01	Publish a new opportunity	EP01, EP03
FT02	Search a Specialist	EP01, EP03, EP04
FT03	Make a Recommendation	EP02
…	…	…