Abstract: Requirements are at the core of all project deliverables. Ensuring that all project requirements are achieved by the project can be difficult to validate if no further means of tracing requirements is employed.Requirements traceability hence is a critical component of any project, as it provides the ability for a project to articulate how any given requirement has been met by the project deliverable. A great deal of research has been undertaken in this field, as requirements traceability although provides a very powerful and useful deliverable, is perceived as a very time consuming, cumbersome and labour intensive task. Due to this perception its popularity and usefulness can be compromised when short cuts are performed to minimise the time and effort that is devoted to documenting the traceability of the project requirements. This paper will look at the current state of play of requirements traceability.

• Publication Date: 09-Mar-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-000-2-65
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Abstract: The Agile Software Development Methodology is fast becoming the more popular and eagerly embraced software development methodology. It is underpinned by the Agile Manifesto which clearly articulates the methodology’s underlying principles and values. Requirements engineering is a key component of any development life cycle, yet it has gained little attention in the studies conducted in the Agile Movement. This paper aims to introduce the key features of requirements engineering in an agile setting and how requirements engineering is carried out in two of the more popular agile methods Scrum and Extreme Programming.

• Publication Date: 09-Mar-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-000-2-66
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