This course is part of the Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications Specialization

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Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications SpecializationUniversity of Colorado System

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In Software Requirements Elicitation for Secure Software Development, we're going to discuss the overall software requirements process as it applies  in waterfall, spiral, and agile models.  You'll learn about each of these processes and your goals as a software requirements analyst.  This is not an easy task! Who do you talk to, when, and what kind of knowledge are you trying to obtain, in any software life cycle? How do you handle obstacles as you go?
These are the questions we will focus on answering in this specialization.

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Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications Specialization

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Approx. 9 hours to complete

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Requirements Elicitation
Requirements Analysis
Software Requirements
Requirements Engineering

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Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications Specialization

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Approx. 9 hours to complete

English

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Kristen Walcott-Justice

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Department of Computer Science

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University of Colorado System

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

The Software Requirement Specification Process and Cost

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 27 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Starting to Build Requirements- What does the customer want?

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 11 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Software Lifecycles

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 15 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week4

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Goals and Models for Elicitation

3 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 43 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

8 videos

Challenges and Your Goals7mLines and Cats- What we can learn8mWho, when, why, and how?4mRequirement Engineering Statement Types4mRequirement Challenges3mThe Analyst - Who and What?6mSteps to Effective Knowledge Acquisition - Identifying Stakeholders2mObstacles in Data Handling4m

4 readings

The Agile Model - Slides20mLines and Cats - Slides20mWWWH | Requirement Engineering Statement | Requirement Challenges - Slides20mThe Analyst | Identifying Stakeholder | Obstacles - Slides20m

1 practice exercise

Goals and Models30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM REQUIREMENTS GATHERING FOR SECURE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

by DYOct 3, 2020

Very good coverage of the required contents. Very well explained by giving examples.

by MFApr 7, 2020

Wonderful Experience, covering all the basic stuff in the course and helps me in my research work by discussing two different research article on requirement elicitation.

by ATJan 3, 2020

Clear and well presented, with some interesting readings. Could benefit from an interactive game/quiz/tool or two, perhaps. Anyway, very good overall.

by SMJan 21, 2018

More examples may be added to illustrate on how security of a software is impacted if proper care is not taken during requirements gathering phase.

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About the Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications Specialization

This specialization is intended for software engineers, development and product managers, testers, QA analysts, product analysts, tech writers, and security engineers. Even if you have experience in the requirements realm, this course will expand your knowledge to include new viewpoints, development styles, techniques and tools.

For anyone seeking a graduate degree, certificate, or professional degree in computer science, these courses will additionally give you a broad understanding of how requirements engineering is performed and help you get a first foot forward into your upcoming careers. The Software Requirements specialization focuses on traditional software requirements elicitation and writing techniques, while also looking at requirements from a security standpoint. In traditional methods, non-functional requirements, such as security, are often ignored overall. In this specialization, students will be introduced to ways of eliciting requirements from stakeholders, how to analyze these requirements, conduct risk mitigation and analysis, prioritize requirements, document, and bring security concerns into the software lifecycle early on.

Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications

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