Mastering the Requirements Process, Second Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

In the six years since we published the first edition of this book, the world’s knowledge of requirements has grown, and more people have a job called “business analyst,” “requirements engineer,” or something similar. The Volere Requirements Specification Template has been downloaded countless times. The Volere Requirements Process is in use by thousands of people who are engaged in the activity of successful requirements gathering. They, in turn, have given us feedback over the years about what they needed to know, and what they are doing when gathering requirements.

This book is a reflection of the feedback we have received, and of the way people have made use of the first edition.

The requirements activity has ...