Requirements Engineering and Management for Software Development Projects

✍ Scribed by Murali Chemuturi (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 274
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Requirements Engineering and Management for Software Development Projects presents a complete guide on requirements for software development including engineering, computer science and management activities. It is the first book to cover all aspects of requirements management in software development projects. This book introduces the understanding of the requirements, elicitation and gathering, requirements analysis, verification and validation of the requirements, establishment of requirements, different methodologies in brief, requirements traceability and change management among other topics. The best practices, pitfalls, and metrics used for efficient software requirements management are also covered. Intended for the professional market, including software engineers, programmers, designers and researchers, this book is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science or engineering courses as a textbook or reference.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introduction to Requirements Engineering and Management....Pages 1-11
Understanding Requirements....Pages 13-32
Elicitation and Gathering of Requirements....Pages 33-54
Requirements Analysis....Pages 55-66
Establishment of Requirements....Pages 67-89
Quality Assurance in Requirements Management....Pages 91-106
Planning for Requirements Management....Pages 107-115
Requirements Change Management....Pages 117-127
Requirements Tracing, Tracking and Reporting....Pages 129-137
Measurement and Metrics....Pages 139-152
Roles and Responsibilities in REM....Pages 153-167
Requirements Management Through SDLC....Pages 169-175
Tools and Techniques for Requirements Engineering and Management....Pages 177-201
Pitfalls and Best Practices in Requirements Engineering and Management....Pages 203-215
REM in Agile Projects....Pages 217-232
Back Matter....Pages 233-266

✦ Subjects

Software Engineering; Engineering, general; System Performance and Evaluation; Performance and Reliability; Operating Systems; Programming Techniques