| Requirements Engineering (RE), although a relatively new discipline, has come a long way from the original rule-of-thumb: requirements should describe what is to be done, rather than how. Although this rule has become axiomatic, RE has developed a much broader scope. Several RE methods and techniques have been developed to assist large projects in their RE process, but it is not clear that these frameworks will adequately scale-down to be useful in a small project where time-to-market is critical.; This document identifies the essential components of a RE process and provides alternatives to the Requirements Analyst (RA) when deciding on a particular set of RE methods. Existing methods of choosing RE techniques are discussed, and a new technique is proposed specifically for choosing RE techniques for Time-to-Market (TTM) projects.; The components of the essential RE process as well as many other insights into the practice of RE were identified by examining the current literature and by analyzing the data from 25 completed surveys concerning the area of RE. Although too small to be statistically significant, the survey data allows qualitative insight into the state of the practice in RE. |
