%0 Journal Article %1 boness08 %A Boness, K. %A Finkelstein, A. %A Harrison, R. %D 2008 %J IET Software %K agile goals requirements %N 1 %P 46-57 %T A lightweight technique for assessing risks in requirements analysis %V 2 %X A simple and practical technique for assessing the risks, that is, the potential for error, and consequent loss, in software system development, acquired during a requirements engineering phase is described. The technique uses a goal-based requirements analysis as a framework to identify and rate a set of key issues in order to arrive at estimates of the feasibility and adequacy of the requirements. The technique is illustrated and how it has been applied to a real systems development project is shown. How problems in this project could have been identified earlier is shown, thereby avoiding costly additional work and unhappy users.

@article{boness08, abstract = {A simple and practical technique for assessing the risks, that is, the potential for error, and consequent loss, in software system development, acquired during a requirements engineering phase is described. The technique uses a goal-based requirements analysis as a framework to identify and rate a set of key issues in order to arrive at estimates of the feasibility and adequacy of the requirements. The technique is illustrated and how it has been applied to a real systems development project is shown. How problems in this project could have been identified earlier is shown, thereby avoiding costly additional work and unhappy users.}, added-at = {2009-06-02T00:29:24.000+0200}, author = {Boness, K. and Finkelstein, A. and Harrison, R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/230334527936c5de018d7523b61deb3dd/neilernst}, description = {Welcome to IEEE Xplore 2.0: A lightweight technique for assessing risks in requirements analysis}, interhash = {007b25a56082f296cb664edefc7f2664}, intrahash = {30334527936c5de018d7523b61deb3dd}, issn = {1751-8806}, journal = {IET Software}, keywords = {agile goals requirements}, month = {February }, number = 1, pages = {46-57}, timestamp = {2009-06-02T00:29:24.000+0200}, title = {A lightweight technique for assessing risks in requirements analysis}, volume = 2, year = 2008 }