Software Engineering and Requirements Engineering

Flashcards covering essential vocabulary and concepts in software engineering and requirements engineering.

Team Formation - Stage 1: Forming

Introductions; consensus on purpose; best behavior; potential clique formation; emergence of team leader.

Team Formation - Stage 2: Storming

Painful stage of role negotiation; competition and conflicts arise; communication and goal setting are essential.

Team Formation - Stage 3: Norming

Members collaborate; creativity increases; leaders become facilitators; roles defined with fluid boundaries.

Team Formation - Stage 4: Performing

Effective behavior patterns prevail; team achieves more; capability to prevent/work through problems.

Requirements Engineering

A systematic and disciplined approach to specifying and managing requirements to understand stakeholders' needs.

Four Major Tasks of Requirements Engineering

Eliciting, analyzing/documenting, validating, and managing/evolving requirements.

What is the relationship between effort and risk in Requirements Engineering?

In Requirements Engineering, as effort increases in gathering and analyzing requirements, the risk of misunderstandings and project failure decreases.

Functional Requirements

Requirements concerning a result or behavior that a system must provide.

Quality Requirements

Requirements related to quality concerns; specifies criteria for judging system operation.

Maintainability Constraints

Requirements limiting the solution space beyond functional and quality requirements.

Stakeholder

A person or organization that influences or is impacted by a system's requirements.

Elicitation

The process of asking questions and gathering information from stakeholders to determine their goals and requirements.

Context Diagrams

Diagrams representing a system's environment, including external entities and data flows.

Onion Model

A layered model illustrating different systems and their environments, from product to wider stakeholder context.

Rich Picture

Graphical representation showing stakeholders and their relationships, with primary concerns illustrated.

Effective Elicitation Practices

Engaging in activities to discover system requirements that prioritize stakeholder satisfaction.

Validation of Requirements

Ensuring that each documented requirement meets the needs of stakeholders.