4 Part 4: V-Modell Reference Roles
4.2 Roles
4.2.22 Requirements Engineer (Acquirer)
Description
After the project contract has been awarded, the »Requirements Engineer (Acquirer) will be responsible for the products »Requirements Specification and »Requirements Evaluation. If required, he conducts a »Market Survey for Off-the-Shelf Products, the results of which will be evaluated during the »Requirements Evaluation and taken into account as in the case of a »Make-or-Buy Decision.
He shall ensure the quality of user requirements and create the prerequisites for ensuring trackability and changeability of the requirements throughout the entire life cycle. The »Requirements Engineer (Acquirer) shall observe the fundamentals of the specialty "Requirements Engineering" and "Procurement Planning" when executing his tasks.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Preparing the fundamentals for the development and management of requirements,
- selecting and implementing the tools for the acquisition and administration of requirements,
- analysing business processes,
- cooperating in realization studies,
- analysing threat and risk,
- executing weak point, safety and performance analyses,
- collecting and describing functional and non-functional requirements,
- coordinating an harmonizing the collected requirements with all participants,
- systematizing and prioritizing the collected requirements,
- developing acceptance criteria,
- preparing a draft requirements document,
- conducting quality assurance tests of the requirements in accordance with prespecified quality criteria,
- checking the system design for compliance with the user requirements,
- correcting deficiencies of the requirements,
- preparing requirements for requirements controlling,
- assessing requirements in accordance with prespecified criteria,
- analysing the operational necessity and technical feasibility of requirements,
- assessing the economic efficiency of the requirements (cost-benefit analysis),
- preparing a requirements document ready to be used as request for proposal.
Skill profile
- Knowledge and experience in the fields of "Requirements Engineering" (preparation and management of requirements) and "Procurement Planning"
- knowledge of the application and intended use of the system,
- experience in the assessment of architectures,
- experience in handling Requirements Engineering tools,
- capability to abstract, to model and to simplify,
- capability to recognize dependencies,
- capability to moderate,
- capability to proceed systematically,
- capability to communicate with the supplier/user and the project staff.
Responsible for
Requirements Specification, Requirements Evaluation, Evaluation of the Overall Project Requirements Specification, Requirements Specification Overall Project
Participating in
Market Survey for Off-the-Shelf Products, Offer Assessment, Request for Proposal, Criteria Catalog for Assessment of Offers, Contract