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

Kristen Walcott-Justice

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Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications SpecializationUniversity of Colorado System

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In Requirements Goal Development and Language Analysis, we move from the spoken word to precise writing.  A first step in this is writing goals.  We will talk about goals used in requirements engineering and, from this, writing use cases from what we learn.  Use cases can be in diagram and written form.  Then- the villains enter- misuse cases and abuse cases are discussed in how we can deal with them in a Requirements environment.  In gathering requirements, you'll have many questions remaining.  Often this leads to the need of more interviews and group sessions.  We'll go through how to handle group meetings, dealing with inconsistency, and handling conflict between stakeholders.

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English

Subtitles: English, Vietnamese

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Kristen Walcott-Justice

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Department of Computer Science

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Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications Specialization

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Approx. 20 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English, Vietnamese

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University of Colorado System

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

5 hours to complete

Goal Creation

After learning a lot from your customers, you now need to analyze, evaluate, and negotiate. One way to begin working with the data is to write out explicit goals from the information you've gathered. Goals can be written at high and low levels, but they need to be clear and measurable at any level. The first step is determining behavioral goals.

5 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 35 min), 3 readings, 3 quizzes

5 videos

Introduction to Goal Development and Language Conflict Analysis6m

Generating Goals6m

Goal Overview6m

High Level Goal Types6m

Low Level Goal Types8m

3 readings

Introduction to Goal Development and Language Conflict Analysis30m

Fuzzy goals for requirements-driven adaptation2h

Goal Development | Language Conflict Analysis |Goal Types - Slides10m

3 practice exercises

Module 1.1 Practice Quiz30m

Module 1.2 Practice Quiz30m

Module 1 Graded Quiz30m

Week

Week 2

5 hours to complete

Use, Misuse, and Abuse Cases

Once goals have been identified, they can be pulled together to create use cases; these are easy to read and understand by both customer and developer. To address security, misuse cases and abuse cases can also be defined, in written or drawn form.

5 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 21 min), 4 readings, 3 quizzes

4 videos

The Use Case Diagram3m

The Use Case and Use Case Description7m

Misuse Cases for Security3m

Benefits of Misuse Cases5m

4 readings

Use Case | Description | ATM System - Slides8m

Eliciting security requirements with misuse cases2h

Misuse and abuse cases: Getting past the positive1h

Misuse Cases| Security Benefits - Slides8m

2 practice exercises

Module 2.1 Practice Quiz6m

Module 2.2 Practice Quiz30m

Week

Week 3

5 hours to complete

Group Sessions for Elicitation, Analysis, and Negotiation

While writing use cases, you'll likely realize that you are missing many components, have questions, and realize that some statements conflict. Group Sessions can help you get more information quickly and begin the negotiation process. Here you'll learn about different types of group sessions and how to make group sessions efficient and effective.

5 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 17 min), 4 readings, 3 quizzes

4 videos

Group Sessions in Analysis and Negotiation3m

Group Sessions: Tips and Tricks4m

Structured and Unstructured Sessions3m

Group Session Benefits6m

4 readings

Group Sessions - Slides20m

JAD: Joint application design45m

QFD: Quality Function Deployment1h 30m

Structured & Unstructured Sessions | Group Session Benefits - Slides10m

3 practice exercises

Module 3.1 Practice Quiz30m

Module 3.2 Practice Quiz30m

Module 3 Graded Quiz30m

Week

Week 4

5 hours to complete

Finding Conflicts and Risks

Inconsistency and conflicts often arise due to language that's being used. There are many types of inconsistency that you can identify early on. The conflicts identified need to be clarified and fixed. In this module, identifying inconsistency, identifying clashes, and handling conflict are discussed.

5 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 14 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

3 videos

Learning to Discover Inconsistency8m

Dealing with Conflict4m

Goal Development and Language Conflict Summary1m

3 readings

Software Requirements Negotiation and Renegotiation Aids: A Theory-W Based Spiral Approach2h

Applying WinWin to quality requirements: a case study1h 30m

Inconsistency | Conflict | Boundary Condition - Slides10m

2 practice exercises

Module 4 Practice Quiz30m

Module 4 Graded Quiz30m

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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