Requirements Gathering for Secure Software Development

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Requirements Gathering for Secure Software Development

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

Instructor: Kristen Walcott-Justice

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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9 hours to complete

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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?

Software Requirements are a vital part of the Software Development Lifecycle. While there are many ways to go about collecting and recording requirements, the cost of bad requirements is high. Here we discuss what Software Requirements Specifications are and some challenges in writing them well.

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5 videos4 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

5 videosTotal 27 minutes

About the Lecturer: Hi!6 minutes
Introduction to the Specialization6 minutes
The Software Requirement Specification Process7 minutes
Cost of Bad Requirements4 minutes
Getting Started- "I want THIS"3 minutes

4 readingsTotal 65 minutes

Get help and meet other learners in this course. Join your discussion forums!5 minutes
Software Requirement Specification Process - Slides25 minutes
Cost of Bad Requirements - Slides25 minutes
Getting Started: I want THIS - Slides10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Software Specification Process30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Learning from a Customer at the Start10 minutes

We need to figure out what the customer wants. And moreso- what they need! How do you develop a relationship with you customers and learn about the overall domain and potential solutions? Here you will learn about the requirements engineering process, what it entails, how to develop a relationship with your customer, and some tips to succeed early on.

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2 videos3 readings1 assignment

Not all requirements documents are created equally- if at all (formally). How you work with requirements partially depends on the software lifecycle used. Here we learn about the different software development lifecycles and discuss how they affect the requirements we produce.

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3 videos3 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 15 minutes

The Software Lifecycle6 minutes
Different Lifecycle Models5 minutes
Hybrid Model/Iterative Lifecycle Approaches3 minutes

3 readingsTotal 80 minutes

Software Lifecycle | Lifecycle Models | Hybrid Model - Slides10 minutes
Software Development Lifecycles- Approaches and Benefits30 minutes
Agile Software Development- The Business of Innovation40 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Software Lifecycles30 minutes

To increase flexibility to change in software development, the agile lifecycle was produced. The agile process much changes how we deal with requirements. We discuss these challenges and your role as a requirements analyst. We also begin to analyze the types of statements that you want to form as you elicit data to move towards clarity.

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8 videos4 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

8 videosTotal 43 minutes

Challenges and Your Goals7 minutes
Lines and Cats- What we can learn8 minutes
Who, when, why, and how?5 minutes
Requirement Engineering Statement Types4 minutes
Requirement Challenges4 minutes
The Analyst - Who and What?7 minutes
Steps to Effective Knowledge Acquisition - Identifying Stakeholders3 minutes
Obstacles in Data Handling5 minutes

4 readingsTotal 80 minutes

The Agile Model - Slides20 minutes
Lines and Cats - Slides20 minutes
WWWH | Requirement Engineering Statement | Requirement Challenges - Slides20 minutes
The Analyst | Identifying Stakeholder | Obstacles - Slides20 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Goals and Models30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 30 minutes

Lines and Cats- An interesting look at requirements gathering30 minutes

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Kristen Walcott-Justice

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Reviewed on Oct 8, 2020

This course defines all the basics of elicitation and what problems do we face in the process in a very simple and easy way.

Reviewed on Jan 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.

Reviewed on Aug 23, 2020

It's easy to start coding, but difficult to organize ideas. Coding is not the start of software development, and this course teaches it.

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