Requirements management - A premise for adequate life cycle design

Abstract

When developing products many different stakeholder requirements have to be considered to provide customer-oriented products and achieve customer satisfaction. Hence, an adequate requirements management including surveying, structuring and weighting of requirements is essential. Thereby, it has to be considered that the requirements differ regarding their level of specification, weighting and the stages of life cycle in which they occur or rather are important. Therefore, a 10-dimensional structuring model has been developed and implemented for data processing. This model goes beyond existing structuring models because it also comprises a feedback between requirements and their fulfilment. The model and its implementation for data processing are presented in this paper.