A User Requirements Analysis Approach Based on Business Processes

1　 IntroductionIt is generally accepted that requirements analysis is the foundation upon which the entiresoftware system is built.There is good evidence1 ] that the primary cause of developmentproject failure is lack of clear requirements. This″lack of clear requirements″ can beattributed to two major factors:1 ) The initial requirements were incomplete,inaccurate,and/or misunderstood bythe analysts.2 ) Circumstances changed which resulted in changes to the requirements.In addition,curre…

A User Requirements Analysis Approach Based on Business Processes

Requirements analysis is the most important phase of information system development. Existing requirements analysis techniques concern little or no about features of different business processes. This paper presents a user requirements analysis approach which focuses business processes on the early stage of requirements analysis. It also gives an example of the using of this approach in the analysis of an enterprise information system.