Key Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, participants are expected to:

• have a familiarity with “THE REQUIREMENTS PROBLEM”
• be aware of the existence of effective and efficient methods of addressing that problem
• understand the general concepts of an effective approach.

Participants are not expected to have substantial skills in performing requirements analysis.

Training Method and Materials

A workshop approach is combined with presentation segments to lead participants through a complete requirements analysis for a single physical system.

Participants will be provided with:

• a set of bound course notes covering the presentation material and workshop exercises
• a Workshop Workbook
• other materials and checklists for future reference and use
• complimentary access to PPI’s evolving Systems Engineering Goldmine

Do you Offer Tailoring of this Course?

Yes. All courses are tailored informally verbally in delivery by selecting, where possible, examples matched to the domains of interest to the class. We can also work with you to design a formally customized curriculum for the development of your people. We have done so for many client companies, and we would love to work with you to this end. We always suggest that a client takes the corresponding standard course prior to any customization. For systems engineering, this is because systems engineering is the problem-independent and solution technology-independent principles and supporting methods for the engineering of systems, based on systems thinking. So the objectives of customization need to be very clear and focused on adding further value. In practice, customization, if performed, usually becomes the replacement of examples and possibly the main workshop system with domain-specific equivalents. Substitution of the workshop system usually involves substantial redevelopment of courseware. Out of necessity, formal tailoring of courseware is performed on a fee basis.

0. Why Emphasize Requirements

• lessons from projects

1. Requirements Within the System Life Cycle

• defining the problem domain
• the origin of requirements

2. Terminology

• requirements, needs, measures of effectiveness, goals, expectations, constraints

3. Types of Requirements

• eight basic types and their significance
• differences for software
• differences for services

4. The Quality of Requirements

• requirements quality attributes
  • correctness
  • completeness
  • consistency
  • clarity
  • non-ambiguity
  • traceability
  • testability
  • feasibility
  • freedom from process
  • functional orientation

5. Requirements Analysis Methodology

• context analysis
• workshop – context analysis
• design requirements analysis
• workshop – design requirements analysis
• states & modes analysis
• requirements parsing analysis
• requirements quality metrics
• workshop – parsing analysis
• functional analysis
• workshop – functional analysis
• measuring requirements quality
• rest of scenario analysis
• ERA analysis
• out-of-range analysis
• stakeholder value analysis
• operational concept description
• clean-up

6. Management of Requirements Analysis

• managing resolution of requirements issues

7. Bibliography and Action Plan