Roles and Responsibilities in REM - Requirements Engineering and Management for Software Development Projects - page 148

Chapter 11
Roles and Responsibilities in REM
11.1 Introduction
To achieve the objective of handling the activity of requirements engineering and
management efficiently and effectively, we need to define the roles and respon-
sibilities of all the agencies involved in the activity. Once defined, the concerned
individuals ought to be trained to perform their roles in the letter and the spirit of
the definition. We also should have checks and balances built into the system to
ensure that the defined process is implemented effectively in the organization as
well as ways to trigger improvements thereof.
There are two important agencies that should collaborate and function effec-
tively for any activity including requirements engineering and management, to be
successful. One is the organization itself and the other is the set of individuals
involved with the function. We will be discussing the roles of these two agencies
in greater detail in the following sections.
11.2 Role of the Organization
The main role of the organization is to provide an environment conducive to
producing excellent results in any endeavor by the human resources. Organizations
facilitate and the individuals perform. What are the elements of an organizational
environment that have to be designed so as to facilitating excellent performance?
Here are the elements:
1. Organization
2. Staff
3. Process
4. Quality Assurance