Chapter 6 - Requirements modeling: Scenarios, information, and analysis classes. At a technical level, software engineering begins with a series of modeling tasks that lead to a specification of requirements and a design representation for the software to be built. The requirements model1 - actually a set of models - is the first technical representation of a system. | Chapter 6 Requirements Modeling: Scenarios, Information, and Analysis Classes Slide Set to accompany Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 7/e by Roger S. Pressman Slides copyright © 1996, 2001, 2005, 2009 by Roger S. Pressman For non-profit educational use only May be reproduced ONLY for student use at the university level when used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, 7/e. Any other reproduction or use is prohibited without the express written permission of the author. All copyright information MUST appear if these slides are posted on a website for student use. Requirements Analysis Requirements analysis specifies software’s operational characteristics indicates software's interface with other system elements establishes constraints that software must meet Requirements analysis allows the software engineer (called an analyst or modeler in this role) to: elaborate on basic requirements established during earlier requirement engineering | Chapter 6 Requirements Modeling: Scenarios, Information, and Analysis Classes Slide Set to accompany Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach, 7/e by Roger S. Pressman Slides copyright © 1996, 2001, 2005, 2009 by Roger S. Pressman For non-profit educational use only May be reproduced ONLY for student use at the university level when used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, 7/e. Any other reproduction or use is prohibited without the express written permission of the author. All copyright information MUST appear if these slides are posted on a website for student use. Requirements Analysis Requirements analysis specifies software’s operational characteristics indicates software's interface with other system elements establishes constraints that software must meet Requirements analysis allows the software engineer (called an analyst or modeler in this role) to: elaborate on basic requirements established during earlier requirement engineering tasks build models that depict user scenarios, functional activities, problem classes and their relationships, system and class behavior, and the flow of data as it is transformed. A Bridge Rules of Thumb The model should focus on requirements that are visible within the problem or business domain. The level of abstraction should be relatively high. Each element of the analysis model should add to an overall understanding of software requirements and provide insight into the information domain, function and behavior of the system. Delay consideration of infrastructure and other non-functional models until design. Minimize coupling throughout the system. Be certain that the analysis model provides value to all stakeholders. Keep the model as simple as it can be. Domain Analysis Software domain analysis is the identification, analysis, and specification of common requirements from a specific application domain, typically for reuse on multiple projects within that application
