Assessing the Quality of Requirements Engineering Products

Abstract

The specification of user requirements for software systems provides the foundation for the subsequent development work. This paper examines the criteria for assessing the quality of the products of requirements engineering, and the implications of these criteria on the structure and content of requirements models. In particular, it is argued that the criteria of traceability and and its impact on the maintainability of the final product imply the need for more comprehensive models of requirements statements.