Abstraction-based requirements management

Abstract

One of the most difficult challenges in requirements engineering is understanding the information provided by the stakeholders so as to establish the requirements. Moreover, there is considerable frustration whenever a requirement change is initiated and we are unable to analyse the impact of this change despite (or perhaps because of) having piles of requirements documents. This paper outlines a method for Abstraction-based Requirements Management (AbstRM) that is useful for requirements impact analysis and other requirements management activities.