Course Title Requirements Engineering
Course Code SEng3051
CP 5(2hr Lecture, 3hr Tutorial)
Module Title Software Engineering Core
Module Number 05
Pre-requisites None
Year III
Semester I
Status of Course Compulsory
Course Description
Requirement engineering is the branch of software engineering concerned with the real world goals for,
functions of, and constraints on software systems. It deals with the real-world goals; it bridges the
informal world of stakeholder’s needs, and the formal world of the software behavior. Requirement
engineering also deals with the precise specifications of software behavior. Requirement engineering is
concerned with the ‘what’ aspects of the system and it sets the guidelines that the designers will draw
upon and the testers will refer to. Lastly, requirement engineering deals with the evolution over time and
evolution across software families. Requirement engineering copes with the changes in real world
systems and provides reusable features
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course the students will be able to:
understand the importance of requirement engineering in system development Know the tech-
niques of requirement elicitation
Understand the role of requirement document in the development process
Write requirement specification documents
Appreciate how the requirement directly or indirectly affects the product.
Know about different types of requirements
Understand the role of stakeholders in the RE process
Elicit requirements using different elicitation techniques
Specify and document requirements
Validate documents
Prioritize requirements
Course Contents
Weeks Lecture Topics Reading /Assignments
1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Requirement R1: pg.1-24, 187-214
Engineering R2: pg.1-36
What is requirement engineering? R3: pg.1-16, 135-202
Software Requirements Engineering:
What, Why, Who, When, and How R4: pg.1-14,
Non-functional requirements
R5: Part I (Chapter 1, 2 & 3)
R6: pg.1-60
2 Chapter 2;Requirement Engineering Process R1: pg. 25-52
Process Models R3: pg. 19-63, 283 - 302
Actors in Requirements engineering process
Process support R4: pg.25-46
Process Improvement
R5: pg. part II (chap 5, 6 & 7)
3-5 Chapter 3:Requirement Elicitation and Analysis R1: pg. 53-86 R2: pg. 63-
160
Elicitation and Analysis Process
Elicitation Techniques R3: pg. 67-92
Prototyping
Requirement Analysis and Negotiation R6: pg. 61-105
R12, R13 & R16
R11: Part II (Chapter 7)
6 Chapter 4:Requirement Specification R2: pg. 161;188, 299-330
Modelling R3: pg. 223-258
Writing requirement documents
R4: pg. 47-92
R11: Part II (Chapter 13)
7-8 Chapter 5:Requirement Validation R1: pg. 87-112
Requirement review R2: pg. 189-214
Prototyping
Model validation R4: pg. 159-180
Requirement testing
R5: Part II (Chapter 15)
R11: Part II (Chapter 17)
9-10 Chapter 6: Requirement Management R1: pg. 133-136
Stable and volatile requirements
Requirements identification and storage
Change management Traceability R2: pg. 215-254
R6: pg. 109-126
R5: Part III (All chapters), R15
11 Chapter 7: Requirement Engineering tools R11:Part IV (chapter 30)
12- Chapter 8: Requirement Engineering Techniques R1: pg. 137-186
13
Methods for RE R2: pg. 359-388
Viewpoint-oriented Requirements Methods
14 Chapter 9: Software Requirements and Risk R5: Part IV (Chapter 23)
Management R11:Part V (chapter 32)
Summary of Teaching Learning Methods
The teaching-learning methodology will be student-centered with appropriate guidance of instructor/s
during the student’s activities .There will be Lecture, Demonstrations, Tutorials, Reading assignments
and Group Discussions
Assessment Methods: - As per the academic regulation
References
1. Gerald Kotonya and Ian Sommerville (1998). Requirement Engineering: Process and Techniques.
UK, John Wiley and Sons LTD. (Textbook)
2. Ian Sommerville & Pete Sawyer (1997). Requirement Engineering : A Good Practice Guide. UK,
John Wiley and Sons LTD.
3. Suzanne Robertson, James Robertson (2006). Mastering the requirements Process Second Edition,
Addison Wesley Professional.
4. Hull, Jackson and Dick(2010).Requirements Engineering, 2nd ed. Spring.
5. Karl E. Wiegers (2003). Software Requirements, Second Edition.
6. Ralph R. Young (2004). The Requirements Engineering Handbook. ARTECH HOUSE,INC.
7. Soren Lauesen (2002).Software requirements: Styles and techniques. Addison-Wesley.
8. Ian K Bray and Ian Bray (2002). An Introduction to Requirements Engineering.
9. Johan F. Hoorn(2006). Software Requirements: Update, Upgrade, Redesign- Towards a Theory of
Requirement Change. Vrije Universiteit.
10. Catherine Courage and Kathy Baxter (2005). A Practical Guide to User Requirements Methods,
Tools, and Techniques. Elsevier Inc.
11. Karl E. Wiegers , Software Requirements, Third Edition Microsoft Press 2013
