1.2.1 AUTOMATED REQUIREMENTS EXTRACTION GENERATES PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS
J. Emmett Black · INCOSE International Symposium · 1995
Abstract Extraction of requirements from customer specifications has long been a tedious, time‐consuming and error‐prone manual effort. This is further compounded by the tendency for requirements to be vague and fuzzy things which are difficult to manage. Automated support may be facilitated by use of a system which places customer specifications into an easily navigated, enriched information resource, and which automatically and consistently extracts candidate requirements and issues from specifications while creating links to the original source documentation. Requirements become tangible objects which can be easily reviewed, adjudicated and managed, thus significantly improving productivity and overall quality in requirements capture. We describe a scenario demonstrating how such a system has been used to provide automation and support to the earliest phases of systems engineering, and provide some measurement of productivity improvement.