Achieving software quality through requirements analysis

A thorough requirements analysis prior to developing software can significantly improve the quality of the end product. The key benefit of this analysis is a better understanding of the end users´ actual and underlying needs. Often the initial description of requirements does not accurately portray what the end users want. The outlined methodology including interviews with a cross section of users identifies three types of key information: what tasks are to be accomplished; the information flow; and future requirements. Armed with this knowledge, the system design and coding can be accomplished more quickly and accurately, user needs met effectively, and costs due to rework reduced substantially