Just Another Teaching of Software Engineering (2006-07)

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Lecture#05: Requirements Elicitation

Requirements engineering is the foundation of all other software engineering activities. If we don’t have a clear understanding of a client’s requirements, we could develop a system on time and within budget, but the system does not possess the features the client needs. A small mistake made in the requirements activity is more costly than a mistake in other software engineering activities.

In this lecture, we will discuss requirements elicitation, the first part of requirement engineering. Requirements elicitation is about bringing out the requirements that originally reside in people’s minds.

Your actions before next class: Read Chapter 4 Requirements Elicitation of the textbook.

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  1. Comment by Steven Choy on October 22, 2006 5:08 pm

    The following webpage illustrates the importance of requirements engineering, in a different and fun way: Project Cartoon: How Projects Really Work

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