SWEN 5130 Requirements Engineering Fall 2002 Orientation
Dr. Helm Instructor
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The goal of this course is to introduce the processes involved in the concept, eliciting, developing, analyzing, validating and managing requirements for complex systems. I'll present the common forms of the software life cycle, which are used throughout the commercial, industrial, institutional, and even governmental communities when a single development effort is appropriate and military standards or other government standards are not mandated. We focus on specific techniques applied during the life cycle processes. The stakeholders' needs document, concept or vision document and the requirements document are presented and preliminary versions developed.
Course Goal: The goal of Requirements Engineering course is to introduce the processes involved in the concept, eliciting, developing, analyzing, validating and managing requirements for complex systems.
Course Description: The course presents the common forms of the software life cycle, which are used throughout the commercial, industrial, institutional, and even governmental communities when a single development effort is appropriate and military standards or other government standards are not mandated. The model is referred to as the commercial life cycle. The focus is on what is involved in requirements engineering and how specific techniques may be applied during the life cycle processes.
The stakeholders' needs document, concept or vision document and the requirements document are presented and preliminary versions developed. The critically important process of managing requirements, which are evolving as the customers' business and priorities change, is presented.
Required Course Material: Gerald Kotonya and Sommerville, Ian, (1997). Requirements Engineering Processes and Techniques. West Sussez, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN 0-471-97208-8
Four different MS Word Document Templates to download the zip file. You will use these templates to complete projects in modules 2 - 4.