CS6320 : Requirements Analysis

Class meets Tue/Thur 1000-1145 in CoC 102

Instructor:

Colin Potts

CoC Room 257
4-5551
potts@cc.gatech.edu
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TA:

Bob Waters OFFICE HOURS:

CoC 202 Tuesday 1230-1400
385-1101 Monday 1100-1200
watersr@cc.gatech.edu
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Syllabus

IMPORTANT NOTE: To protect copyrights of these papers, access to readings is allowed only from machines in the cc.gatech.edu domain. You will not be able to access these papers from home. Moral -- Be sure to print out what you need while you are at Tech!!!

PART 1: Specification and Validation

Class Date	Topic	Readings	Slides
May 16/18, 2000	Introduction, Foundations; goals, requirements and specifications SKILLS: Identifying environment phenomena, requirements and specifications in existing systems	R equirements Engineering: A Roadmap Four Dark Corners of Requirements Engineering Requirements Engineering in the Year 00	Foundations
May 23/25, 2000	Goal-based refinement of requirements SKILLS: Goal identification and realization	Formal Refinement Patterns for Goal-Driven Requirements Elaboration Goal-Directed Elaboration of Requirements for a Meeting Scheduler: Problems and Lessons Learnt	Refinement
May 30/ June 1	Obstacles and exception-handling SKILLS: Obstacle identification, defense and mitigation	Handling Obstacles in Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering Reconciling System Requirements and Runtime Behavior	Obstacles
June 6/8, 2000	Viewpoints, interactions and notations SKILLS: Consistency checking. SCR.	Inconsistency Handling in Multi-Perspective Specifications Managing Conflicts in Goal-Driven Requirements Engineering Managing Inconsistencies in an Evolving Specification Applying the SCR Requirements Method to a Simple Autopilot Using the SCR* Toolset to Specify Software Requirements Requirement Conflict Restructuring Reconciling Requirements: a method for managing interference, inconsistency and conflict NEW FEATURE INTERACTIONS IN MOBILE AND MULTIMEDIA TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES	Alloy Demo
June 13/15, 2000	Requirements Reviews, Documentation	Continued from Above List	Validation Documentation
June 20/22, 2000		Applying the SCR Requirements Method to a Simple Autopilot Using the SCR* Toolset to Specify Software Requirements

PART II: Groundwork

Class Date	Topic	Readings	Slides
June 27- July 13	Philosophy, politics & design ethnography SKILLS: Soft-Systems Methodology (SSM) rich pictures and CATWOE. Grand- and mini-tour interviews. Events of note this week: Wed., July 12. College of Computing Bldg, Room 109. 2-3pm "Software Requirements Definition based on the Requirements Frame Model" Prof. Atsushi Ohnishi Ritsumeikan University, Japan Abstract: The author has developed a requirements model to develop software requirements specifications (SRS) of high quality. Based on this model, named the Requirements Frame, he has developed two requirements languages. One is a text base language, and the other is a visual language. Since the Requirements Frame model can be easily transformed into the relational data model, SRSs expressed in these languages can be transformed into relational databases. In this talk, the Requirements Frame model, the requirements languages, their analyzers, and a requirements database system will be presented. ---- Thu., July 13, Manufacturing Research Center Auditorium, 10am-11:30(?) Dr. Langdon Winner (RPI): "Improved Means to Unimproved Ends: Innovating in a Spiritual Void" Class will not be held on Thursday. Please attend this talk. See the web site http://www.coe.gatech.edu/blueskies/ for more information on this week's program of events in the "Blue Skies" ---- *Thu., July 13, Manufacturing Research Center, Room 114. 1:00pm-2:30pm* *(Note corrected time!)* Panel discussion "How Advancements in Computing (IT) will Transform Information Management in the Future" Panelists: - Susan Cozzens (Public Policy) - Amy Bruckman (CoC) - Gregory Abowd (CoC) - Blaine Burnham (CoC/GCATT) - Colin Potts (CoC) - Ed Omiecinski (CoC)	Stakeholder Identification in the Requirements Engineering Process Growing Systems in Emergent Organizations Analysing Socio-Technical System Requirements Scenario Management - An interdisciplinary approach ScenIC - Scenario-based Inquiry Cycle Scenario Usage in Current Systems Development	Ethnography Organizational Market Small-Group Rich Picture Example
July18/20, 2000	Use cases and scenarios SKILLS: Use case identification and refinement; scenario analysis	Improving Quality of Scenario Collections Change Cases: Use Cases that Identify Future Requirements Surfacing Root Requirements from Inquiry Cycle	Ideal / Robust Scenarios Abstract/Concrete Scenarios
July 25/27	Post Mortem PROJECTS DUE TUESDAY AT CLASS!!!! *Class Presentations:* *Tuesday: E-Commerce (1,3,5) and Grocery (2)* *Thursday: PDA (4,6)*	None
August 1/3	Exam week -- NO FINAL. Grades available July 29.	None

Assignments

Assignment #1 Assigned 23 May Due 30 May

Assignment #2 Assigned 6 July Due 13 July

Class Project

Phase I Description

Team Reports

Stock Management System, Group 1 (Reviewed by Group 6)
Home Heating System, Group 2 (Reviewed by Group 5)
Airline Reservation System, Group 3 (Reviewed by Group 4)
Home Heating System, Group 4 (Reviewed by Group 3)
Airline Reservation System, Group 5 (Reviewed by Group 2)
CAVIAR, Group 6 (Reviewed by Group 1)
Patient Monitoring System, Group 7 (Reviewed by TA)

Phase II

Requirements Engineering Toolkits

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