Interesting Readings

In order to help our visitors to expand their knowledge on Requirements Engineering, we present a selection of recommended books and web sites, where the reader can find interesting and up-to-date information on this topic.

Recommended books

• Software Specifications and Requirements: a lexicon of practice, principles and prejudices, Michael Jackson, Addison-Wesley, 1995.
• Mastering the Requirements Process, Suzanne Robertson, James Robertson, 2nd Edition. Addison-Wesley, 2006.
• Applying Use Cases, a practical guide, Geri Schneider, Jason P. Winters, 2nd Edition. Addison-Wesley, 2001.
• Writing Better Requirements, Ian F. Alexander, Richard Stevens, Addison-Wesley, 2002.
• Requirements Engineering: A Good Practice Guide, Ian Sommerville, Pete Sawyer, John Wiley&Sons, 1997

RE Consultants web sites

• Suzanne and James Robertson: http://www.volere.co.uk/
• Ian Alexander: http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~iany/
• Alistair Cockburn: http://alistair.cockburn.us
• Karl E. Wiegers: http://www.processimpact.com
   

Web pages with articles, forums, blogs, etc.

• Requirements Networking Group: www.requirementsnetwork.com
• SearchSoftwareQuality.com :http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/
• ModernAnalyst.com : www.modernanalyst.com
• Seilevel : www.seilevel.com
• Jiludwig: http://www.jiludwig.com/RM_Links.html
• Others: http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/resources/re-gpg/specific.html

Papers

• ABCs of Requirements Engineering: http://www.cmcrossroads.com/articles/implementation-excellence/abcs-of-requirements-engineering.html
• Requirements Management for Automotive Systems Development: http://www.forsoft.de/automotive/2000-01-0716.pdf
   

Tool Surveys

• INCOSE Survey: http://www.paper-review.com/tools/rms/read.php
• Volere: http://www.volere.co.uk/tools.htm
• Softdevtools: http://www.softdevtools.com/modules/weblinks/viewcat.php?cid=93
• iX Studie: http://www.arcway.com (in German)
• Others: http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~iany/other/vendors.htm

Institutions and Standards:

• Software Engineering Institute: http://www.sei.cmu.edu
• INCOSE Requirements Working Group: http://www.incose.org/practice/techactivities/wg/rqmts/
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers: http://www.ieee.org
• International Organization for Standardization: http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm