4th International Symposium on Requirements Engineering: Proceedings June 7-11, 1999, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

The 19 papers from the June 1999 symposium are a mix of innovative ideas and validation of more widely known techniques. The papers review techniques for defining and analyzing: system behaviors through sets of related scenarios, systems that directly address human or social aspects of requirements engineering, systems from multiple views or perspectives, properties of requirements, and non-functional systems properties, such as performance, security, or costs. Example topics are human errors and system requirements, a strategy for inquiry-driven requirements determination, generating user interface prototypes from scenarios, and prioritization of system changes using cost-benefit and risk assessments. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)