Software Design: Developing Effective Requirements

Getting the requirements right in software development is half the battle. In this course, learn about the techniques and tools needed to win that battle.

Introduction

• Requirements: Well begun, half done!
• What you should know

1. Requirement Types and Phases

• What are requirements
• Requirement development vs. management
• Requirement development phases
• Challenge: Group requirements
• Solution: Group requirements

2. Requirement Elicitation

• Start with a vision
• Elicitation techniques
• Functional vs. non-functional
• Challenge: Create statements
• Solution: Create statements

3. Specification and Analysis

• User-stories
• Use-cases
• Data requirements
• Challenge: Write a user story
• Solution: Write a user story

4. Requirement Validation

• Validation techniques
• Prototyping
• Challenge: Validate prototype
• Solution: Validate prototype

5. Requirement Management

• Effort estimation
• Prioritization

Conclusion

• Next steps