Defining requirements in a process and system development project
Ron Lindholm · Theseus (Ammattikorkeakoulujen) · 2012
This thesis work is about requirements engineering, a subdiscipline of systems and software engineering. The thesis is divided into two parts, a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part describes requirements engineering and the practices involved as well as common process models used, and aims to give the reader an understanding of the subject. The significance of requirements engineering in projects is also studied and inspected. The practical part is a real world case about requirements engineering, with the intention to identify a company's needs and requirements for a network information system. The creation and definition of a suitable process for similar requirements engineering tasks for future usage scenarios is included. The process was based on standard requirements engineering practices, and named as the Business Requirement Gathering Process. The obtained results from the requirements engineering case were compiled into a formally structured document, a requirements catalog, which purpose is to function as specifications for a network information system.