Requirements Engineering for Agile Software Development

This book provides a practical overview of the most popular requirements specification and management techniques for agile projects. It includes meaningful sample applications as well as a summary of potential pitfalls.

Topics discussed include:

• The five basic principles of requirements engineering in agile software development environments
• Requirement estimation and documentation
• Requirement validation and verification
• Requirement quality
• Requirement management
• Organizational aspects
• Roles in requirements engineering

The text also covers legal and economic aspects of requirements engineering, as well as the challenges it generates in large organizations.

The book provides practical tips and reference resources to help you professionally implement effective requirements engineering and management in your own agile projects.

The 2nd edition has been completely revised and covers the International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) “RE@Agile Primer” syllabus.