Requirements Engineering

What it is about

You will learn how to systematically elicit, analyze, document and manage requirements for software and system development throughout the project lifecycle. In the end you will be able to identify stakeholders, analyze goals and conflicts, select appropriate elicitation and specification techniques, and qualitatively supervise the further development of requirements.

What you will be able to do

• Understand fundamental concepts of Requirements Engineering
• Identify and categorize stakeholders and their goals
• Apply methods for requirements elicitation and decomposition
• Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different techniques
• Formulate, document and qualitatively control requirements
• Handle and manage changes to requirements

What the module consists of

• LectureDelivery of the central questions, concepts and methods of Requirements Engineering
• Tutorial / discussion of the exercise sheetsDiscussion of solutions and clarification of questions on the exercises
• Exercise sheets (weekly, not graded)Independent deepening and preparation for tutorials and examination
• OneTutor instanceAdditional quizzes and self-study materials

Teaching method

• Animated lecture slidesVisualization and explanation of central questions and challenges
• Realistic examples and case studiesApplication of concepts in practical situations
• Weekly exercise sheetsIndividual deepening of the lecture material
• Central tutorial discussionsDiscussion of solutions and clarification of open questions