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Experiencing Requirements Engineering for a small system
Author(s) -
Rouge A.,
Callet S.,
Moi C.,
Ermine F.,
Moulis G
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1999.tb00323.x
Subject(s) - requirements engineering , documentation , systems engineering , context (archaeology) , work (physics) , requirements analysis , engineering management , computer science , software requirements , system requirements , engineering , software system , software , component based software engineering , mechanical engineering , paleontology , biology , programming language , operating system
For software, there exists a community that can provide awareness and elements to justify the adoption of good engineering practices. For systems engineering, all this work is still to be done. This paper provides a modest contribution to such an endeavor, and more precisely in the area of requirements engineering for small systems. The targeted goals for this article are: Is model‐driven requirements engineering, as practiced for large systems, relevant to develop small systems ? In which way can requirements engineering return on investment be demonstrated ? Are many of the assumptions made against documentation and model‐based requirements engineering valid ? These issues are investigated in the context of the FRUITS experiment that aimed at comparing documentation‐driven and model‐driven requirements engineering. This experiment was carried out in 1998 by the systems department of MTI (Matra Transport International), a railway system provider. And Objectif Technologie provided some support to carry it out.