1. Requirements Management with Use Cases Module 0: About this course Requirements Management with Use Cases Module 0: About this course

2. Requirements Management with Use Cases Copyright © 1998-2001 Rational Software, all rights reserved 2 Intended Audience  Systems analysts and business analysts  Project, technical, and QA managers  Documentation specialists  Software analysts and designers  QA designers and testers  Application experts  Sales and marketing  CSE 4346 students

3. Requirements Management with Use Cases Copyright © 1998-2001 Rational Software, all rights reserved 3 Course Objectives  Apply requirements management skills to produce a clear statement of product requirements  Capture and document requirements with use- case-modeling techniques  Set up a documentation hierarchy and standards for defining levels of requirements for a product  Use requirement attributes and traceability links to help manage scope and change throughout product lifecycle  Understand how requirements drive ongoing design, test, and user documentation activities

4. Requirements Management with Use Cases Copyright © 1998-2001 Rational Software, all rights reserved 4 Course Outline 0 - About This Course 1 - Best Practices of Software Engineering 2 - Introduction to RMUC 3 - Introduction to Use-Case Modeling 4 - Analyze the Problem 5 - Understand Stakeholder Needs 6 - Define the System 7 - Manage Scope 8 - Refine the System Definition 9 - Manage Changing Requirements 10 - Requirements Across the Product Lifecycle

5. Requirements Management with Use Cases Copyright © 1998-2001 Rational Software, all rights reserved 5 Introduction to RMUC: Overview Problem Solution Space Problem Space Needs Features Software Requirements Test Procedures DesignUser Docs The Product To Be Built Traceability

6. Requirements Management with Use Cases Copyright © 1998-2001 Rational Software, all rights reserved 6 Understand Your Needs  Elicit your partner’s top 3 needs (requirements) for this class  What questions might be useful to ask in an interview?  Summarize each requirement in a short sentence  Get agreement from your partner on the wording of each requirement  How will you determine the highest priority requirements?  Gather information to introduce your partner  What might be useful for a brief introduction?

7. Requirements Management with Use Cases Copyright © 1998-2001 Rational Software, all rights reserved 7 Other Sources of Information  Rational Unified Process  Other courses  Rational Unified Process Fundamentals  Rational RequisitePro Fundamentals  Rational Suite AnalystStudio Workshop  Rational Web site  www.rational.com  Books and articles about requirements management  See Reference list