Old Dominion University ODU Digital Commons Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations Engineering Spring 2017 Role of Requirements Engineering in Software Project’s Success Sujatha Alla Old Dominion University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/emse_etds Part of the Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Operational Research Commons, and the Software Engineering Commons Recommended Citation Alla, Sujatha. "Role of Requirements Engineering in Software Project’s Success" (2017). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/ t5at-fv15 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/emse_etds/20 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Engineering Management & Systems Engineering at ODU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ODU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ROLE OF REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING IN SOFTWARE PROJECT’S SUCCESS by Sujatha Alla B.Sc., April 2009, Andhra University, India A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Old Dominion University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY May 2017 Approved by: Dr. Pilar Pazos (Director) Dr. Charles Daniels (Member) Dr. Ariel Pinto (Member) ABSTRACT ROLE OF REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING IN SOFTWARE PROJECT’S SUCCESS Sujatha Alla Old Dominion University, 2017 Advisor: Dr. Pilar Pazos Despite considerable time and resources spent on the initiation phase of software projects, discrepancies often exist between formal project documentation, customer requirements, and final project specifications. Such discrepancies in the requirements management process can have a very negative impact on final project outcomes.