Software Requirements Specification & Analysis

Outline

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Topics Include
6. Duration
7. Minimum Requirements
8. Media

Description

This course will provide students with the tools necessary to analyze requirements by applying selected techniques to create a Requirements Specification Document.

Audience

Software developers, analysts, team leaders, project leaders and technical managers, project managers, customers/users who work with developers in specifying requirements and must interpret the resulting contractual agreements.

Prerequisites

Some experience of the software development industry.

Topics Include

Operational & Entity Requirements

• Analysis Requirements Specification Principles - Purpose of Requirements Specification
• Requirements - Definition, Types, Requirements Specification Document Readership, Ideal Specification Language
• Operations Analysis
• Job Task Analysis
• Operational Concepts & Scenarios Data Requirements Analysis - Basic Concepts of Data Driven Approach
• Dynamic & Static Entity Analysis

Data Packet Analysis Functional & Interface Requirements

• Analysis Functional Analysis - Basic Concepts
• Functional Decomposition
• Data Flow Analysis
• Functional Specification Notations
• Relationships to Entity Analysis
• Interface Requirements Analysis - External and Internal Interfaces
• User Interface

Performance, Quality & Physical

• Requirements Analysis Performance Requirements Analysis - Basic Concepts
• Performance Analysis Aspects & Steps
• Quality Requirements Analysis - Quality Analysis Steps
• Quality Uses & Characteristics
• Quality Criteria
• Quality Attributes
• Cyclomatic Complexity
• Portability
• Physical Requirements Analysis - Physical Implementation & Design Issues
• Physical Analysis
• Design Constraints

Requirements Definition & Validation

• Requirements Specification Document - Criteria
• Distinct Functions
• Terms
• Selecting Major Components
• Relationships to Entity Analysis
• Object Oriented Organization
• Integrate Operational Analysis
• Requirements Validation & Verification Objectives - Testing, Problems, Purpose
• Validation & Verification Criteria - Realism & Relevance
• Resource Allocation
• Appropriate Methods & Techniques

Duration

12 hrs

Minimum Requirements

IBM 486 PC or compatible; 8MB RAM; VGA color monitor with 256 colors; 20MB hard disk space; MS Windows 3.1; MS Windows 95 or MS Windows NT Workstation 3.51  

Media

Diskette
CDROM

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