An excerpt from the back cover nicely introduces this book, "It is widely recognised that incorrect requirements account for up to 60% of errors in software products, and yet the majority of software development organisations do not have a formal requirements process. Many organisations appear willing to spend huge amounts on fixing and altering badly-specified software, but seem unwilling to invest a much smaller amount to get the requirements right in the first place"

Suzanne and James Robertson have created a very readable book for requirements novices. This does not mean that requirements experts will not have much to learn from their approach as well as from some cutting edge topics in the book such as requirements reuse, requirements patterns, traceability, fit, and a use case driven approach.

The book details the processes of requirements gathering in the "Volere requirements process model". As a reader, one is taken through a step-by-step approach, complete with checklists, templates, discussions, and a case study, which all helps to gently and thoroughly guide one into using this important process.

Topics covered in the book:

• Volere Requirements process Model