SLD Workshop
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WG on 
Requirements Capture
John Teets
Alex Stanculescu
Victor Berman
Takahashi Inoue
Gary Smith
Steve Grout
October 2, 1996
Requirements Capture - Overview
Requirements Capture - 
What is Needed?
•	Dictionary of Terms 
–	Including Types of Requirements Information and constraints
•	Roadmap
–	Scope
–	Timeframe
•	Industry Alignment & Communications
–	SLD
–	All Industry (including beyond Electronics)
Requirements Capture - 
Who Should Participate?
•	Product Team
–	Marketing, Architects(Primary)
–	Design, Manufacturing
•	Language
–	Tool Developers
•	Methods (Formal)
–	Constraints (Spec -> Use)
•	Other SLD WGs
Requirements Capture - 
Value to SLD?
•	Traceability of Requirements
•	Innovation in "Conformance" to Requirements 
–	(AUTOMATION)
•	Knowledged Capture for Design REUSE
•	Reduced Life-Cycle Costs
–	ECO's
–	Maintenance
•	Separation of Intent (Goal) vs Rationale (Choice)
•	Improves "Hit" Rate in the Market Place
Requirements Capture - 
Customers?
•	See "Who Should Participate" List