The authors	5
	Preface and Dedications	7
	Table of Contents	8
	1 Introduction	12
	1.1 Aim of Book	12
	1.2 Benefit to be gained from book	12
	1.3 Definition of terms	13
	1.4 Structure of the Book	15
	1.5 How to read this book	18
	2 Why Requirements Management and Engineering	21
	2.1 General	21
	2.2 Advantages of RM&E in project management	23
	2.3 Advantages for finding solutions in design and architecture	26
	2.4 Advantages in purchase and supplier management	28
	2.5 Advantages in customer service, sales and marketing	28
	2.6 Advantages in test and verification management	29
	3 Processes and Methods in Requirements Management and Engineering	31
	3.1 The roots of Requirements Management and Engineering	31
	3.2 Common concepts in Requirements Management and Engineering	39
	3.3 Processes and methods in Requirements Management and Engineering	41
	3.4 Summary	48
	4 Introduction to Requirements Engineering	49
	4.1 History of Requirements Engineering	49
	4.2 HOOD Requirements Definition Process	52
	4.3 Requirements Development and Requirements Engineering	65
	4.4 Summary	67
	5 Introduction to Requirements Management	69
	5.1 What is Requirements Management	69
	5.2 Why we need Requirements Management	69
	5.3 The benefits of a working Requirements Management	75
	5.4 Why some people are against Requirements Management	81
	5.5 How resistance can be avoided	83
	5.6 After the introduction of Requirement Management	86
	5.7 Summary	87
	6 Project Management interface	89
	6.1 What is Project Management	89
	6.2 How Requirements Management can support the writing of proposals	90
	6.3 How Requirements Management can support the definition of the project scope	93
	6.4 How Requirements Management can support estimating resources and costs	94
	6.5 How Requirements Management can support project planning ( scheduling)	95
	6.6 How Requirements Management can support project monitoring	98
	6.7 How Requirements Management can support quality management	100
	6.8 How Requirements Management can support reporting	105
	6.9 How Requirements Management can support managing people	106
	6.10 Summary	108
	7 Configuration Management interface	110
	7.1 Of versions, configurations, and releases	111
	7.2 Management Disciplines and the German Government V- Modell	116
	7.3 Configurations in the Context of Requirements Management	117
	7.4 Traceability in Requirement Management and Configuration Management	123
	7.5 Tool Use for Version and Configuration Management	124
	7.6 Summary	126
	8 Metrics and Analysis	129
	8.1 Metrics – general	129
	8.2 The Importance of Metrics	130
	8.3 Attributes of Metrics	131
	8.4 Typical Improvement Goals with RM&E	134
	8.5 Example of a Metric	138
	8.6 The Evaluation of a Metric by Management	140
	8.7 Psychological Aspects of Introducing RM&E Metrics	141
	8.8 Summary	143
	9 Risk Management interface	145
	9.1 What is a risk	145
	9.2 What is Risk Management	146
	9.3 Preparing a Risk Management	146
	9.4 The Risk Management process	149
	9.5 Summary	162
	10 Test Management (Validation and Verification) interface	164
	10.1 What are Validation and Verification?	164
	10.2 The Validation and Verification planning process	165
	10.3 The role of Requirements Management in Validation and Verification	167
	10.4 Summary	180
	11 Change Management interface	182
	11.1 General	182
	11.2 Basics of Change Management	182
	11.3 Factors Influencing Change	183
	11.4 Number of Changes during Development	184
	11.5 Two Phases of Change Management: Informing and Approval- based	185
	11.6 Turning Change Management theory into practice	193
	11.7 Procedure for Introducing Structured Change Management	196
	11.8 Summary	198
	12 Advanced Requirements Management: the complete specification	199
	12.1 Interfaces between other Systems Engineering disciplines and Requirements	199
	12.2 Getting away from the document view	201
	12.3 Implementing Requirements Management	204
	12.4 Summary	219
	13 The HOOD Capability Models	221
	13.1 The meaning of capability models	221
	13.2 Why we need capability models	222
	13.3 Two example capability models	224
	13.4 HOOD Capability Model for Requirements Definition	227
	13.5 HOOD Capability Model for Requirements Management	228
	13.6 Summary	228
	14 The HOOD Capability Model for Requirements Definition	229
	14.1 Brief repetition of the HOOD Requirements Definition Process	229
	14.2 The idea behind the HOOD capability model for requirements definition	230
	14.3 The structure of the HOOD capability model for requirements definition	232
	14.4 How to use the HOOD capability model for requirements definition	234
	14.5 Summary	248
	15 The HOOD Capability Model for Requirements Management	249
	15.1 The structure of the HOOD capability model for requirements management	249
	15.2 How to use the HOOD capability model for requirements management	250
	15.3 Summary	271
	List of References	273
	Index	278