Abstract— this paper briefly discuss about an often misconception in one of the most-demanding job in software engineering field that is by differentiating between requirement engineers and architects. It is often believed that it’s a mere job title as they perform the same role. Hence we try to overcome this by clearly listing out the differences and explaining their role in the industry. We also talk about various job profiles that sums up in the category of requirement engineers and architects.
Keywords— Requirements Engineering; Compare Analysis; Jobs skills; Responsibilities; Requirement Engineers; Requirements Architects;
I. INTRODUCTION
A. BackGround
The origin of the term “Software Engineering” is laid back to the late 1960’s
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We start off by describing who are requirements engineers and requirements architects and then examine the following
• What are the roles of each profile?
• What tasks do they perform?
• Any difference and similarities between the profiles.
• Brief look at other profiles with same tasks and roles.
• Conclusions and insights gained from this paper.
II. PROPOSED METHOD
A. What is Requirement Engineering?
Requirement engineering is considered to be the most important part for the development of any software. Requirements Engineering (RE) is a set of activities concerned with identifying and communicating the purpose of a software-intensive system, and the contexts in which it will be used. Hence, RE acts as the bridge between the real-world needs of users, customers, and other constituencies affected by a software system, and the capabilities and opportunities afforded by software-intensive technologies.[3]
In simple terms, requirement engineering identifies stakeholder and their needs. In order to build a good software product, documentation of requirements should be done in a crisp and precise manner.
As stakeholder requirements change there are consequent changes in the software system. Hence making documentation to be amendable to analysis and successive implementation.
The term “Requirement Engineering” can be broken into parts and reviewed. ‘Requirements’ brings out the idea of meeting the user expectation in order to create a
A Computer Software Engineer develops software systems to be used by their clients, such as a website used to sell the client’s products. Although software engineers spend the majority of their time programming and testing the software, a key component to the success of a software engineer is the ability to write a thorough Software Requirement Specification (SRS). A SRS documents the requirements and dependencies needed for the software, prior to beginning any programming. Therefore, a Software Engineer must po The SRS is so important because engineers can have a wide scope of clients that they regularly work with.
Understanding the business model of enterprise and identifying the entities of that model is the first step in setting up database. Requirements analysis includes tasks of determining the needs or conditions to meet. Requirement specification document will be generated at the end of this step.
Another way of successfully gathering information is by building a prototype or model of the system, so that users can test or get an idea of what the finished product will be like. With this they can determine issues, problems, or inconsistency with the system. Another important part of gathering information is organizing it so that it can be understood and put to proper use. I propose categorizing the requirements into functional requirements, operational requirements, technical requirements, and transitional requirements. The functional requirements define how the user thinks the system is functioning overall, the operational requirements define what background processes need to be executed in order for the system to work optimally over a period of time, the technical requirements define what technical issues that must be addressed in order to successfully implement the system, and the transitional requirements define the processes or steps needed to implement the system smoothly and successfully. ("Mind Tools", 2012).
The commonly used methods of observation, interviews, etc., can help analysts pinpoint exact requirements based on user input and business processes. According to Charvat (2003), “One of the biggest benefits of a proper user requirements specification is that you'll be able to plan and estimate your project correctly, decreasing the chance of cost and time overruns.” The analyst must listen to the employees and gain a thorough understanding of all business processes before establishing the new system requirements.
Which is requirements needed, after all the information the team will analyze to determine software requirements and generate a report. Then we move to the selection and design, this will occur when the team creates several designs and share with everyone on the project. We will identify any weakness, if we have any successful prototypes it should show how the software will operate. Implementation phase should proceed without any issues if there is any it must be correct during this time. A planned out schedule should allow for any unexpected incidents. When the implementation stage is complete we move to operation when our software has been designed and does what it was designed to do. We will do a review and evaluation which consist of performance, cost and
3. A Use Case is developed to support requirement specification. It is a detailed description of specifications in its simplest form using Realtime scenarios of the functionality requirements between the actors and
Functional requirements define the internal workings of the software: that is, the calculations, technical details, data manipulation and processing, and other specific functionality that shows how the use cases are to be satisfied. It also contains nonfunctional requirements, which impose constraints on the design or implementation (such as performance requirements, quality standards, or design constraints). Applied Software Project Management (2005)
Many reasons exist for the extremely high failure rates of software projects but one major reason is poor communication between the end-user and the software developer which leads to a lack of definition or scope of work. One resolution to this problem is a well communicated document similar to a Software Requirements Specification (SRS). I used to belong to a discussion group that dealt with automation issues. The topic of software project failure and its causes was a constant topic of discussion. A common theme that was echoed by our members was that, most of the time projects fail due to unstable requirements that were not
The information system’s requirements in the systems planning phase are based on a case summary, potential interview questions, and the systems analyst’s experience in systems planning. One must not only generate requirements based specifically on what users’ state they want or need. Analysts must also generate requirements based on insight into the overall organization and project goals.
Requirement Analysis: collect the business needs, document the requirements, and help team members to prepare Functional and enhancement Specification Document and Technical detail design document.
Collecting the business user requirements is usually the role of business systems analyst. The product owner then groups the requirements called into “stories”. The story sizes vary but none is so large that would take an inordinate time to code. If the story becomes too large, it is split in two to reduce the scope. When a story is ready to
Software engineering (SE) is the profession concerned with specifying, designing, developing and maintaining software applications by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, and other fields.
This document is intended for providing a well-defined functional and non-functional requirement specification. The scope of this document
In these three and half years of study, I have strived to maintain an approach of expending independent effort in all my endeavors. Learning by myself and sharing my knowledge with others has been most worthwhile, when comprehending a concept. My interest in Software Engineering arouse when I was in my second year of under graduation. I believe that Software Engineering is the application of disciplined, systematic approach to the operation, development and maintenance of software. The discipline of software engineering that increased my interest towards this field is it covers tools, knowledge and methods to define software requirements and to perform computer programming, software design, user interface design, software maintenance tasks and software testing
The requirements gathering and analysis phase is the most critical phase for the overall success of the project because this phase helps “identify and capture stakeholder requirements using customer interviews and surveys” (Smith, 2016). In order to successfully capture software requirements from the stakeholder, developers need to conduct conference meetings to understand the capabilities of the software. This conference meeting usually takes place only once, so it is essential that developers collect all the information required for the software during the elicitation requirement meeting. For developers to be successful in collecting all the required information, it is a