Volere

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Volere is a collection of tools and materials on the topic of requirements engineering ( requirements analysis ) in the software development process . The following document templates are particularly known:

  • Volere Requirements Specification Template , a very comprehensive template to accommodate all types of requirements
  • Volere Atomic Requirement Template , also known as Snow Card , is an index card for the complete recording of all information on a single requirement

In addition, the Requirements Process suggests a procedure for finding and recording requirements.

The Volere templates could be downloaded free of charge until 2008. It has been paid for since 2009. They may be used in your own projects for a requirement analysis against payment of a donation and with indication of the source.

In addition to a few other participants, mainly Suzanne and James Robertson are the driving forces behind Volere. The name Volere was chosen based on the Italian verb volere - to want, to wish.

The Volere Requirements Specification Template

The following section shows the table of contents of the template. Product means that which is delivered as a result of an accepted project , in software projects usually a piece of software. There are 27 types of requirements in 5 superordinate categories. In practice, it is to be expected that the functional requirements will take up the greatest amount of space.

Project driver

  • The purpose of the project
  • Customers and other parties involved / affected
  • User of the product

boundary conditions

  • Predefined boundary conditions for the project
  • Naming conventions and definitions
  • Relevant facts and assumptions

Functional requirements

  • Scope of work
  • Delimitation of the product
  • Requirements for functions and data of the product

Nonfunctional requirements

  • Look and feel
  • Usability requirements
  • Performance / throughput / capacity / security
  • Operational requirements
  • Maintenance and porting requirements
  • Access protection requirements
  • Cultural and political requirements
  • Legal requirements

Project matters

  • Open points
  • Ready-made solutions
  • New problems
  • tasks
  • Commissioning and migration
  • Risks
  • costs
  • User documentation and training
  • Waiting room
  • Solution ideas

See also

literature

  • Suzanne Robertson, James Robertson: Mastering the Requirements Process , Addison-Wesley Professional; 3rd edition (2012), ISBN 0321815742

Web links

  • Full homepage with detailed explanation of template and procedure (English)