Title :
The art of requirements triage
Author_Institution :
Inf. Syst., Colorado Univ., Colorado Springs, CO, USA
fDate :
3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Driven by an increasingly competitive market, companies add features and compress schedules for the delivery of every product, often creating a complete mismatch of requirements and resources that results in products failing to satisfy customer needs. Triage is the process of determining which requirements a product should satisfy given the time and resources available. The author presents three product development case studies and 14 recommendations for practicing this neglected art.
Keywords :
product development; software engineering; competitive market; customer needs; delivery schedule compression; product development; requirements triage; requirements-resources mismatch; Art; Constraint optimization; Economic forecasting; Layout; Medical treatment; Personnel; Product development; Resumes; Scheduling; Subspace constraints;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2003.1185216