Reuse of architecturally derived Standards Requirements

Requirements reuse promises to reduce product development cost and improve product quality. Applying a standard set of requirements to multiple products configured into the same system can ensure all the products take advantage of the system´s architectural features and do not adversely interact with each other. While existing literature provides guidance for developing requirements suitable for reuse, little has been written on the practical realities an organization faces in attempting to reuse requirements. This paper addresses that gap by describing a commercial engineering company´s deployment of a requirements reuse process, the problems encountered, the results obtained, and the plans for future improvement of the process.