title: Software Requirements Engineering, 2nd Edition
author: Richard H. Thayer
description: This new edition describes current best practices in requirementsengineering with a focus primarily on software systems but also onsystems that may contain other elements such as hardware or people.The text consists of original papers, written by experts in thefields, plus reprints of survey articles on many aspects ofrequirements engineering. The book begins with an introduction tocurrent issues and the basic terminology of the softwarerequirements engineering process. In addition, the text covers thefive basic phases of software requirements engineering:elicitation, analysis, specification, verification, and management.The book:<ul><li>Looks at the science and discipline of establishing anddocumenting software requirements</li><li>Describes the process through which developers' and users'discover, review, articulate, and understand the users' needs andthe constraints on the software and development</li><li>Shows how to analyzes the users' needs to arrive at adefinition of their software requirements</li><li>Examines software requirements and the need to clearly documentand precisely record each requirement</li><li>Looks at verification to ensure that the software requirementsspecifications are in compliance with the system requirements andconform to document standards</li><li>Details software requirements management including planning andcontrolling of all these activities.</li></ul>
zlib_text: Requirements 
  Engineering for 
  Software and Systems
  Third Edition
  
  Requirements 
  Engineering for 
  Software and Systems
  Third Edition
  Phillip A. Laplante
  
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