Requirements engineering is likely to be a major issue in this decade. The author examines two widely held beliefs: requirements describe a system's "what", not its "how". Requirements must be represented as abstractions.
Index Terms:
software engineering; systems analysis; DP management; requirements engineering; user interaction; assumptions
Citation:
Jawed Siddiqi, "Challenging Universal Truths of Requirements Engineering," IEEE Software, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 18-19, Mar./Apr. 1994, doi:10.1109/52.268951