Requirements Engineering for Software and Systems

<p>Solid requirements engineering has increasingly been recognized as the key to improved on-time and on-budget delivery of software and systems projects. New software tools are emerging that are empowering practicing engineers to improve their requirements engineering habits. However these tools are not usually easy to use without significant training. </p><p>Requirements Engineering for Software and Systems Fourth Edition is intended to provide a comprehensive treatment of the theoretical and practical aspects of discovering analyzing modeling validating testing and writing requirements for systems of all kinds with an intentional focus on software-intensive systems. It brings into play a variety of formal methods social models and modern requirements writing techniques to be useful to practicing engineers. The book is intended for professional software engineers systems engineers and senior and graduate students of software or systems engineering.</p><p>Since the first edition there have been made many changes and improvements to this textbook. Feedback from instructors students and corporate users was used to correct expand and improve the materials. The fourth edition features two newly added chapters: On Non-Functional Requirements and Requirements Engineering: Road Map to the Future. The latter provides a discussion on the relationship between requirements engineering and such emerging and disruptive technologies as Internet of Things Cloud Computing Blockchain Artificial Intelligence and Affective Computing.</p><p>All chapters of the book were significantly expanded with new materials that keep the book relevant to current industrial practices. Readers will find expanded discussions on new elicitation techniques agile approaches (e.g. Kanpan SAFe and DEVOps) requirements tools requirements representation risk management approaches and functional size measurement methods. The fourth edition also has significant additions of vignettes exercises and references. Another new feature is scannable QR codes linked to sites containing updates tools videos and discussion forums to keep readers current with the dynamic field of requirements engineering. </p>