Requirements

Question 1

Requirements

Answer 1

explicit set of goals; provide explicit definitions and scaffolding of project success.

Question 2

Requirements engineering

Answer 2

translating a design into a specific explicit set of goals that must be satisfied in order for the implementation to be complete.

Question 3

Requirements engineers

Answer 3

do interviews, conduct user research, create prototypes, and iteratively converge toward requirements.

Question 4

The big difference between design and requirements engineering is that

Answer 4

requirements engineers take the process one step further than designers, enumerating in detail every property that the software must satisfy.

Question 5

formality has tradeoffs:

Answer 5

not only does it take more time to be so precise, but it can negatively effect creativity in concept generation as well.

• Expressing requirements in natural language can mitigate these effects, at the expense of precision.

Question 6

Requirements have to be:

Answer 6

complete, precise, non-conflicting, and verifiable.