REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES

A NEW APPROACH TO SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION ANALYSIS WHEREBY THE MODIFICATIONS ARE ANNOTATED USING ALGORITHMS WHICH AUTOMATE THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING CHANGES. THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD SYNTACTICALLY ANALYZE EACH SENTENCE FOR CHANGES. A GRAPHICS MANAGER WOULD THEN PRODUCE THE CORRECT CHANGE BAR ANNOTATION WHICH IS INDEXED TO THE CORRESPONDING SENTENCE. THE CHANGE BARS WILL IDENTIFY UP TO TEN LEVELS OF REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS. ERRATA SHEETS WILL THEN BE GENERATED BASED UPON ACTUAL SPECIFICATION CHANGES RATHER THAN CHANGE REQUESTS OR OTHER GENERATING DOCUMENTS WHICH MAY BE INCOMPLETE.