Requirements Writing for System Engineering Learn how to create good requirements when designing hardware and software systems. While this book emphasizes writing traditional “shall” statements it also provides guidance on use case design and creating user stories in support of agile methodologies. The book surveys modeling techniques and various tools that support requirements collection and analysis. You’ll learn to manage requirements including discussions of document types and digital approaches using spreadsheets generic databases and dedicated requirements tools. Good clear examples are presented many related to real world work the author has done during his career. Requirements Writing for System Engineering covers techniques for defining user needs so you can determine which combination of approaches to use for your projects. You’ll also learn how to analyze different development methodologies so that you can determine the advantages and disadvantages of different requirements approaches and implement them correctly as your needs evolve. Unlike most requirements books Requirements Writing for System Engineering teaches writing both hardware and software requirements because many projects include both areas. To exemplify this approach two example projects are developed throughout the book one focusing on hardware and the other on software. This book Presents many techniques for capturing requirements. Demonstrates gap analysis to find missing requirements. Shows how to address both software and hardware as most projects involve both. Provides extensive examples of “shall” statements user stories and use cases. Explains how to supplement or replace traditional requirement statements with user stories and use cases that work well in agile development environments . Introduction. Part I: The Foundation of Requirements 1. The Importance of Requirements 2. What Makes a Good Requirement 3. Specialized Language . Part II: Types of Requirements 4. Functional Requirements 5. Non Functional Requirements 6. Lists of Items and the Order of Steps and Data Elements 7. Data Interfaces and Documents 8. Physical Requirements. Part III: Cradle to Grave Requirements 9. How to Collect Requirements 10. User Interface Requirements 11. Managing Requirements. Part IV: Alternatives to Shall Requirements 12. Supplementing or Replacing Standard Requirements 13. User Stories 14. Use Cases 15. Revisiting Requirement Problems and Their Solutions. Part V: Appendixes 16. A: Acronyms and Abbreviations 17. B: Requirements Documents 18. C: Section 508 Compliance 19: Glossary 20. Bibliography.