Title :
Successful software projects need requirements planning
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
A project will likely fail without a plan. We must understand a problem before we can express the requirements for a correct Solution. Otherwise, we will develop software that fails to provide customer satisfaction. Expressing a set of complete, consistent, and correct requirements is conceptually complex, but essential in our quest to develop high-quality, useful software. Although small projects can succeed without formal requirements engineering, any project of considerable size and complexity requires it.
Keywords :
formal specification; software development management; software engineering; just-in-time requirements; project management; requirements engineering; requirements planning; software projects; Costs; Educational institutions; Information analysis; Information security; Lean production; Prototypes; Reliability engineering; Robustness; Software quality; Software systems;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2003.1196319
