Foreword Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction Chapter I The Requirements Problem The Goal of Software Development A Look at the Data The Root Causes of Project Success and Failure The Frequency of Requirements Errors The High Cost of Requirements Errors Summary Chapter 2 Introduction to Requirements Management Definitions What Is a Software Requirement? What Is Requirements Management? Application of Requirements Management Techniques Types of Software Applications Systems Applications The Road Map The Problem Domain Stakeholder Needs Moving Toward the Solution Domain Features of the System Software Requirements Summary Chapter 3 Requirements and the Software Lifecycle Traditional Software Process Models The Waterfall Model The Spiral Model The Iterative Approach Lifecycle Phases Iterations Disciplines Requirements in the Iterative Model Summary Chapter 4 The Software Team Software Development as a Team Activity Requisite Team Skills for Effective Requirements Management Team Members Have Different Skills The Organization of Software Teams The Case Study Background for the Case Study The HOLIS Software Development Team Summary Team Skill 1 Analyzing the Problem Chapter 5 The Five steps in Problem Analysis Step 1: Gain Agreement on the Problem Definition The Problem Statement Step 2: Understand the Root Causes--The Problem Behind the Problem Addressing the Root Cause Step 3: Identify the Stakeholders and the Users Step 4: Define the Solution System Boundary Step 5: Identify the Constraints to Be Imposed on the Solution Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 6 Business Modeling The Purpose of Business Modeling Using Software Engineering Techniques for Business Modeling Choosing the Right Technique The Unified Modeling Language Business Modeling Using UML Concepts From the Business Model to the Systems Model When to Use Business Modeling Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 7 Systems Engineering of Software-Intensive Systems What Is Systems Engineering? Pragmatic Principles of Systems Engineering The Composition and Decomposition of Complex Systems Requirements Allocation in Systems Engineering On Derived Requirements A Quiet Revolution When Generations Collide: Graying Baby Boomer Meets Generation X-er Avoiding the Stovepipe System Problem When Subsystems Are Subcontracts Addressing the Conundrum The Case Study: Systems Engineering for HOLIS Preliminary User Needs Problem Analysis HOLIS: The System, Actors, and Stakeholders HOLIS Systems Engineering The Subsystems of HOLIS Summary Team Skill 1 Summary rout Team Skill 2 Understanding User and Stakeholder Needs Chapter 8 The Challenge of Requirements Elicitation Barriers to Elicitation The "Yes, But" Syndrome The "Undiscovered Ruins" Syndrome The "User and the Developer" Syndrome Summary Chapter 9 The Features of a Product or System Stakeholder and User Needs Features Managing Complexity by Picking the Level of Abstraction Attributes of Product Features Summary Chapter 10 Interviewing Context-Free Questions Solutions-Context Questions The Moment of Truth: The Interview Compiling the Needs Data The Analyst's Summary: 10 + 10 + 10 ;e 30 The Case Study A Note on Questionnaires Summary Chapter 11 Requirements Workshops Accelerating the Decision Process Preparing for the Workshop Selling the Concept Ensuring the Participation of the Right Stakeholders Attending to Logistics Providing Warm-Up Materials Choosing the Facilitator Setting the Agenda Running the Workshop Problems and Tricks of the Trade Brainstorming and Idea Reduction Production and Follow-Up Summary Chapter 12 Brainstorming and Idea Reduction Live Brainstorming Idea Reduction Pruning Ideas Grouping Ideas Defining Features Prioritizing Ideas Web-Based Brainstorming The Case Study: The HOLIS Requirements Workshop The Attendees The Workshop The Session The Analysis of Results Summary Chapter 13 Storyboarding Types of Storyboards What Storyboards Do Tools for Storyboarding Tips for Storyboarding Summary Team Skill 2 Summary Team Skill 3 Defining the System Chapter 14 A Use Case Primer The Benefits of Use Cases Use Case Basics On Actors Use Case Anatomy A Step-by-Step Guide to Building the Use-Case Model Step 1: Identify and Describe the Actors Step 2: Identify the Use Cases and Write a Brief Description Step 3: Identify the Actor and Use-Case Relationships Step 4: Outline the Individual Use Cases Step 5: Refine the Use Cases On Use Cases, Storyboarding, and User Interface Design Use Cases and User Interfaces Use Cases and Storyboarding A Use Case Storyboard Example The Case Study: The HOLIS Use Cases Find the HOLIS Actors Find the HOLIS Use Cases Associate the Actors and Use Cases Outline the Use Cases Summary Chapter 15 Organizing Requirements Information Organizing Requirements of Complex Hardware and Software Systems Organizing Requirements for Product Families On "Future" Requirements The Case Study: Organizing the HOLIS Requirements Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 16 The Vision Document Components of the Vision Document The Delta Vision Document The Vision Document for Version 1.0 The Vision Document for Version 2.0 The Delta Vision Document in a Legacy System Environment Summary Chapter 17 Product Management The Role of the Product Champion The Product Manager in a Software Product Company Primary Activities for a Product Manager Driving the Vision Maintaining the Product Road Map Defining the Whole Product Plan Sponsoring the Use-Case Model and Supplementary Requirements Testing the Product Concept Completing the User Experience Defining Commercial Terms Positioning and Messaging Supporting Activities Branding and Product Labeling End User Training Materials Product Demo Sales and Marketing Collateral The Product Champion in an IS/IT Shop Summary Team Skill 3 Summary Team Skill 4 Managing Scope Chapter 18 Establishing Project Scope The Problem of Project Scope The Hard Question The Requirements Baseline Setting Priorities Assessing Effort Adding the Risk Element Reducing Scope A Reasonable First Estimate Summary Chapter 19 Managing Your Customer Engaging Customers to Manage Their Project Scope Communicating the Result Negotiating with the Customer Managing the Baseline Official Changes Unofficial Changes Summary Team Skill 4 Summary Team Skill 5 Refining the System Definition Chapter 20 Software gequirements---A More Rigorous Look Looking Deeper into Software Requirements The Relationship between Software Requirements and Use Cases The Relationship between Features and Software Requirements The Requirements Dilemma: Whatversus How Excluding Project Information Excluding Design Information More on Requirements versus Design Iterating Requirements and Design A Further Characterization of Requirements Functional Software Requirements Nonfunctional Software Requirements Design Constraints Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 21 Refining the Use Cases How Use Cases Evolve The Scope of a Use Case The Case Study: Anatomy of a Simple Use Case Reviewing the Actors Reviewing the Name Refining the Description Defining and Refining the Flow of Events Identifying the Pre-and Post-conditions Identifying Special Requirements Summary of Our Refined Use Case Extending Use Cases Including Use Cases in Other Use Cases Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 22 Developing the Supplementary Specification The Role of the Supplementary Specification Expressing Functional Requirements in the Supplementary Specification Exploring Nonfunctional Requirements Usability Reliability Performance Supportability Understanding Design Constraints Sources of Design Constraints Handling Design Constraints Are Design Constraints True Requirements? Identifying Other Requirements Linking the Supplementary Specification to the Use Cases Template for the Supplementary Specification Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 23 On Ambiguity and Specificity Finding the "Sweet Spot" Mary Had a Litfie Lamb Techniques for Disambiguation Summary Chapter 24 Technical Methods for Specifying Requirements Pseudocode Finite State Machines Decision Tables and Decision Trees Activity Diagrams Entity-Relationship Models Summary Team Skill 5 Summary Team Skill 6 Building the Right System Chapter 25 From Use Cases to Implementation Mapping Requirements Directly to Design and Code The Orthogonality Problem Object Orientation The Use Case as a Requirement Managing the Transition Modeling Software Systems The Architecture of Software Systems The Role of the Use-Case Model in Architecture Realizing Use Cases in the Design Model Structural and Behavioral Aspects of Collaborations Using Collaborations to Realize Sets of Individual Requirements From Design to Implementation Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 26 From Use Cases to Test Cases A Tester's Perspective: Musings on the Big Black Box Is a Use Case a Test Case? Common Testing Terms Relationships of Test Artifacts The Role of the Test Cases Use-Case Scenarios Deriving Test Cases from Use Cases: A Four-Step Process Step l: Identify the Use-Case Scenarios Step 2: Identify the Test Cases Step 3: Identify the Test Conditions Step 4: Add Data Values to Complete the Test Case Managing Test Coverage Black-Box versus White-Box Testing with Use Cases Summary Chapter 27 Tracing Requirements The Role of Traceability in Systems Development The Traceability Relationship A Generalized Traceability Model Tracing Requirements in the System Definition Domain Tracing Requirements to Implementation Tracing from Requirements to Testing Using Traceability Tools Proceeding without Traceability Tools Summary Chapter 28 Managing Change Why Do Requirements Change? External Factors Internal Factors "We Have Met the Enemy, and They Is Us" A Process for Managing Change Step 1: Recognize That Change Is Inevitable, and Plan for It Step 2: Baseline the Requirements Step 3: Establish a Single Channel to Control Change Step 4: Use a Change Control System to Capture Changes Step 5: Manage Change Hierarchically Requirements Configuration Management Tool-Based Support for Change Management Elements Impacted by Change Audit Trail of Change History Configuration Management and Change Management Summary Looking Ahead Chapter 29 Assessing Requirements Quality in Iterative Development Software Project Quality Assessing Quality in Iterative Development Requirements Artifacts Sets Performing the Assessment Quality Assessment Checklists for Requirements Summary Team Skill 6 Summary Looking Ahead Getting Started Dedication What You've Learned So Far Introduction Team Skill 1: Analyzing the Problem Team Skill 2: Understanding User and Stakeholder Needs Team Skill 3: Defining the System Team Skill 4: Managing Scope Team Skill 5: Refining the System Definition Team Skill 6: Building the Right System Chapter 30 Agile Requirements Methods Mitigating Requirements Risk with Effective Requirements Practices Methodology Design Goals Documentation Is a Means to an End An Extreme Requirements Method An Agile Requirements Method A Robust Requirements Method Summary Chapter 31 Your Prescription for Requirements Management Selecting Your Requirements Approach The Simplifying Assumptions The Prescription On to the Next Release! Appendixes Appendix A HOLIS Artifacts Appendix B Vision Document Template Appendix C Use-Case Specification Template Appendix D Supplementary Specification Template Appendix E Requirements Management in the Rational Unified Process Appendix F Requirements Management in the SEI-CMM and within ISO 9000:2000 Bibliography Index
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