Questions tagged [requirements-management]
Managing the functionality / requirements for the software
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Rigorous way to compare designs that support the same project
When having 4 different designs that can be delivered for a project and there is a strong difference of opinions on which design is preferred taking into account functional/non-functional requirements/...
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How to deal with high level requirements that contain implementation details?
My question actually applies to a physical device development, but I guess it is equivalent to a software development workflow, so perhaps someone here can enlighten me.
Sometimes we've got ...
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How to design software architecture without solid requirements?
I am working on a project which does not have solid requirements, All is we have meetings with all the teams across and confluence pages. No one owns any requirements and it just float around ...
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Functional or non functional requirements? [closed]
I just started as a junior business analyst and working on defining the requirement for an already existing system, so I am gathering the requirements for a just added service.
One of the ...
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Use Cases in Clean Architecture, in Requirements Specifications from Software Engineering and Use Case Diagrams in UML
Well, I've been studying software architecture a lot, Clean Architecture in specific and I came across some multi meanings terms and "Use Case" is one of them.
I'd read in some places that ...
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FCA and PCA vs. Requirements
I was thinking that a Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) point to the Functional Requirements while the Physical Configuration Audit (PCA) is more related to the non Functional Requirements is this ...
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Requirements engineering done in Excel and Word?
Throughout this semester my classmates and I had to do the pre-coding(?) phase of a project (requirements and such) as part of our Software Engineering course. The way our professor had us do it seems ...
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"User" requirements vs "system" requirements
I'm taking Software Engineering class and my professor is absolutely terrible at explaining anything. It's only the 3rd week and me and my group mates are already deeply confused.
We were given a ...
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Where can I find requirements specification for Open Source software? [closed]
I can hardly imagine a software project where the things to do are not somehow collected in a formal/informal document, be it a SRS or a simple note. So I was searching for these requirements ...
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Why are software requirements allowed to change if it means more work for software engineers? [closed]
In many projects, software requirements change, sometimes meaning we software engineers have to throw out our work and start over. Heck, we have entire methodologies built around the assumption that ...
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Should User Stories be written for non-build requirements?
I am working on a project which is introducing a new Business Product, that is leveraging existing systems
From a requirements perspective, they fall into all these types:
A system change is required ...
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Should operating system configuration parameters, like disabled automatic updates or sleep timer, be part of the software specifications?
Our application needs to run in a locked-down operating system. Due to quality and regulatory concerns, all updates shall be prevented or blocked. Therefore, our deployment includes the pre-configured ...
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Why aren't databases secondary actors in use case diagrams?
Secondary Actors are actors that the system needs assistance from to achieve the primary actor's goal.
If a external printer system to the system under construction is commonly shown as a secondary ...
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How to deal with changes in the requirements because design decisions?
Using RUP methodolgy, when doing "finding actors and use cases" and "specification of use cases" activities, we are recommended not to think about how we are going to build the system (take design ...
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Having trouble finding the issue of an expressed/formulated requirement
I'm studying for an exam (software-engineering) and got stuck with the following question.
Developing a web application for stock in order to monitor (automatically) and to trade shares. You are ...
