Requirements that handle IKIWISI, COTS, and rapid change

Author

Boehm, Barry

Author_Institution

Center for Software Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

33

Issue

7

fYear

2000

fDate

7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

99

Lastpage

102

Abstract

In the good old days, dealing with software requirements was relatively easy. Software requirements were the first order of business and took place before design, cost estimation, planning, or programming. Of course, it wasn´t simple. Certain straightforward criteria required satisfaction: completeness; consistency; traceability; and testability. The recent developments of IKIWISI (I´ll know it when I see it), COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) software, and the increasingly rapid change in information technology have combined to unsettle the foundations of the old airtight requirements approach. These complicating factors are examined

Keywords

DP industry; formal specification; management of change; software packages; systems analysis; COTS; I will know it when I see it; IKIWISI; commercial-off-the-shelf software; completeness; consistency; information technology; rapid change; requirements approach; software requirements; testability; traceability; Control systems; Database systems; Delay; Heart; Information technology; Internet; Navigation; Prototypes; Roads; Software development management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.869384

Filename

869384