Requirements in Engineering Projects

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Fernandes, João M. (Συγγραφέας), Machado, Ricardo J. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering,
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Engineering design.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Engineering Design.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

This book focuses on various topics related to engineering and management of requirements, in particular elicitation, negotiation, prioritisation, and documentation (whether with natural languages or with graphical models). The book provides methods and techniques that help to characterise, in a sys...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Presentation of the book
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Objectives of the book
• 1.3 Structure of the book
• 1.4 Taxonomical issues
• 1.5 About the authors
• 2 Software engineering
• 2.1 Contributions for requirements engineering
• 2.2 Characterisation of the discipline
• 2.3 Software
• 2.3.1 Definition of software
• 2.3.2 Software systems and products
• 2.3.3 Domains
• 2.4 Models for the development process
• 2.4.1 Waterfall
• 2.4.2 Incremental and iterative
• 2.4.3 Transformational
• 2.4.4 Spiral
• 2.5 Summary
• Further reading
• Exercises
• 3 Requirements
• 3.1 Definition of requirement
• 3.2 Functional requirements
• 3.3 Non-functional requirements
• 3.3.1 Appearance
• 3.3.2 Usability
• 3.3.3 Performance
• 3.3.4 Operational
• 3.3.5 Maintenance and support
• 3.3.6 Security
• 3.3.7 Cultural and political
• 3.3.8 Legal
• 3.4 User and system requirements
• 3.5 Related concepts
• 3.6 Summary
• Further reading
• Exercises
• 4 Requirements engineering
• 4.1 Definition of requirements engineering
• 4.2 Activities
• 4.3 Challenges and problems
• 4.4 Summary
• Further reading
• Exercises
• 5 Requirements elicitation
• 5.1 Process
• 5.2 Identification of the stakeholders
• 5.3 Techniques
• 5.3.1 Individuals
• 5.3.2 Groups of persons
• 5.3.3 Artefacts
• 5.4 Summary
• Further reading
• Exercises
• 6 Requirements negotiation and prioritisation
• 6.1 Requirements negotiation
• 6.1.1 Negotiation process
• 6.1.2 Postures and strategies
• 6.2 Requirements prioritisation
• 6.2.1 Criteria and scales
• 6.2.2 Techniques
• 6.3 Summary
• Further reading
• Exercises
• 7 Writing in a natural language
• 7.1 Guidelines for writing
• 7.1.1 Issues to consider
• 7.1.2 Issues to avoid
• 7.2 Template for the requirements document
• 7.3 Ambiguity
• 7.4 Summary
• Further reading
• Exercises
• 8 Modelling
• 8.1 Definition of model
• 8.2 Model dimensions
• 8.3 Modelling ontology
• 8.3.1 System and model
• 8.3.2 Specification
• 8.3.3 Language
• 8.3.4 Mental models
• 8.3.5 Model of computation
• 8.3.6 Reverse engineering perspective
• 8.3.7 Analogies
• 8.4 Models for requirements
• 8.4.1 Domain models
• 8.4.2 Use case models
• 8.4.3 Class models
• 8.4.4 Sequence models
• 8.4.5 State models
• 8.4.6 Activity models
• 8.5 Summary
• Further reading
• Exercises
• Glossary
• References
• Index.