• DocumentCode
    916629
  • Title

    Nurturing requirements

  • Author

    Thomas, David ; Hunt, A.

  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    13
  • Lastpage
    15
  • Abstract
    We focus on requirements engineering. The fundamental problem here is that we believe that underlying every project there´s some absolute, discoverable set of requirements. If only we could find them, and then build accurately against them, we´d produce a perfect solution. The requirements would be a kind of map, leading us from where we are to our project´s final destination. Software construction is a metaphor that the software industry has embraced when describing what we do. Iterative development is often seen as a way of controlling costs and mitigating risks, but it´s also a great way to capture and verify requirements.
  • Keywords
    formal specification; formal verification; software prototyping; iterative development; requirements engineering; requirements verification; software construction; software industry; Application software; Automatic control; Construction industry; Electric breakdown; Helicopters; Marketing and sales; Protocols; Software testing; Traffic control; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2004.1270755
  • Filename
    1270755