Software Requirements Lifecycle

For anyone involved in software development, the importance of software requirements cannot be minimized. Software requirements provide the definition and explanation of “what the software should do” and “how the software should behave.” The software engineers and developers use the requirements as input to the software design and coding process. The test developers also use the requirements as input to test case development process - to essentially determine if the software has defective behavior. Well written and well thought out software requirements are typically the start of a high quality software system.

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Brian Pate

Brian is a biomedical software engineer - whatever that is! Started writing machine code for the Intel 8080 in 1983. Still enjoys designing and developing code. But probably enjoys his garden more now and watching plants grow ... and grandkids grow!

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