Curriculum
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- 11 Lessons
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- 1.1Rationale for requirements engineering Definition of a ‘requirement’ and requirements hierarchies Knowledge types Requirements engineering framework: linear and Agile development
- 1.2The role of the analyst Stakeholders in requirements engineering Roles and responsibilities
- 1.3Requirements planning and management Planning for requirements engineering The business context and business case: linear and Agile development Project initiation
- 1.4Requirements elicitation Interviews: preparing and conducting Workshop: planning and facilitating; roles and responsibilities Techniques to elicit information and document workshop results
- 1.5Requirements elicitation – supplementary techniques Observation and focus groups Quantitative elicitation techniques: including surveys and document analysis Scenario analysis Throwaway versus evolutionary prototyping: rationale and risks Suitability of elicitation techniques
- 1.6Requirements analysis Organising requirements Ordering and refining a backlog for Agile development Assessing feasibility and aligning requirements with business goals Prioritising requirements using MOSCOW Checking requirements against quality criteria Requirements testability and defining acceptance criteria Identifying and resolving requirements conflicts
- 1.7Documenting requirements Types and hierarchy of requirements Documentation formats: user stories, use cases and requirements catalogue Applicability to linear and Agile development
- 1.8Modelling requirements Context diagrams Modelling functions: use case diagrams for scope definition/re-definition Modelling data: class models Cross-checking use cases against class models
- 1.9Requirements validation Stakeholder responsibilities in requirements validation Requirements validation in linear and Agile development
- 1.10Requirements management Requirements management in Agile development Change through collaboration and iteration Requirements management in linear development Version and change control Requirements traceability Requirements engineering support tools Requirements re-use and patterns
- 1.11Delivering the requirements Approaches to solution delivery Linear and iterative development approaches Post deployment and benefits confirmation