Software Design: Developing Effective Requirements

1h 45mBeginner2019-09-18

Authors

Neelam Dwivedi

Assistant Teaching Professor at Heinz College

Course details

Getting the requirements right in software development is half the battle. In this course, instructor Neelam Dwivedi delves into the techniques and tools needed to win that battle. Neelam reviews the different types of requirements and how to divide your requirement development process into phases. She covers how to elicit, specify, analyze, and validate product requirements, sharing challenges along the way that help you grasp how these phases work in real-world projects. Plus, she shares techniques for estimating effort for requirements, as well as how to minimize or mitigate project risk by working iteratively on high-risk requirements first.

Learning objectives
What are requirements?
Requirement development phases
Elicitation techniques
Functional vs. nonfunctional requirements
Defining user stories and use cases
Mapping data input and output requirements
Validating requirements

Skills covered

Software DesignEssential TrainingSoftware Development

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Requirements - Well begun, half done
02 - What you should know

1. Requirement Types and Phases

03 - What are requirements
04 - Requirement development vs. management
05 - Requirement development phases
06 - Challenge - Group requirements
07 - Solution - Group requirements

2. Requirement Elicitation

08 - Start with a vision
09 - Elicitation techniques
10 - Functional vs. non-functional
11 - Challenge - Create statements
12 - Solution - Create statements

3. Specification and Analysis

13 - User-stories
14 - Use-cases
15 - Data requirements
16 - Challenge - Write a user story
17 - Solution - Write a user story

4. Requirement Validation

18 - Validation techniques
19 - Prototyping
20 - Challenge - Validate prototype
21 - Solution - Validate prototype

5. Requirement Management

22 - Effort estimation
23 - Prioritization

Conclusion

24 - Next steps