Methods and use overview
Requirements capture is - more than anything else - a process, during which understanding should increase as a function of information collected.
However, understanding = information + structure. So the requirements capture process is as much about structuring information as it is about simply accumulating information.
Accumulating information
Information can be collected by a variety of different methods, including using:
Structuring information
Information can be structured by a combination of methods, including:
Requirements Specification
This is the output of a requirements capture exercise, and provides detailed evidence of the structured understanding that the process has - all being well - generated. These are examples.
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