by Mickey Hadick

Requirements Management is an emerging field whose beginnings pre-date the modern computer era. Technical projects have always needed them in order to complete the solution. Like Satan himself, requirements have been published under a number of names but the essence is always the same: the best way for the technical wizard to assure the buyer that he will solve the intended problem is to write down what he plans on building, and to share his plan with the buyer. It is the beginnings of a technical contract, and a document that describes the project requirements is what convinces the buyer to part with his first few payments.

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