Requirements Writing for System Engineering

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Importance of Requirements....Pages 3-29
What Makes a Good Requirement?....Pages 31-74
Specialized Language....Pages 75-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Functional Requirements....Pages 83-105
Nonfunctional Requirements....Pages 107-149
Lists of Items and the Order of Steps and Data Elements....Pages 151-168
Data Interfaces and Documents....Pages 169-194
Physical Requirements....Pages 195-207
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
How to Collect Requirements....Pages 211-243
User Interface Requirements....Pages 245-255
Managing Requirements....Pages 257-272
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Supplementing or Replacing Standard Requirements....Pages 275-300
User Stories....Pages 301-326
Use Cases....Pages 327-348
Revisiting Requirement Problems and Their Solutions....Pages 349-356
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Acronyms and Abbreviations....Pages 359-363
Requirements Documents....Pages 365-368
Section 508 Compliance....Pages 369-378
Glossary....Pages 379-387
Bibliography....Pages 389-392
Back Matter....Pages 393-400