From wishes and visions to tangible requirements
“At the beginning of every system development stands the analysis of the requirements.” Few will argue with this principle nowadays. But you can be sure to find not-to-few project managers that would undersign the statement, yet couldn’t say why they should be spending time and effort towards such an activity as requirements engineering.
But it is precisely the analysis of requirements during the development process that is pivotal for the outcome of a project. The goal of RE is to turn vague, individual notions into a batch of complete, unambiguous and consistent requirements, which represent the consolidated stance of all stakeholders. These requirements then serve as the basis for the project, and will provide the more sturdy a foundation for the following activities, the more thought and effort was spent on requirements engineering.
The SOPHIST GmbH is the market leader when it comes to natural language requirements analysis and the use of innovative object oriented techniques. Being the authors of the German-speaking market bestseller “Requirements Engineering and Management” and the organizers of the largest German RE-conference – the Requirements Days – we SOPHIST have an established reputation as an authority on RE in the IT biz.
