Roles and Responsibilities in REM - Requirements Engineering and Management for Software Development Projects - page 162

11.3.5 Senior Management
It is impossible to do anything in an organization without the support of its senior
management. Requirements engineering and management is no exception. The
role of the senior management in ensuring that the requirements engineering
activity and management is carried out efficiently and effectively is:
1. To provide adequate resources to carry out requirements engineering activity
in the organization
2. Provide facilities and funds to impart the required training to keep the business
analysts/systems analysts at the leading edge of technology and practice
3. To facilitate definition and improvement of organizational processes
4. Accord approval to all process artifacts for implementation in the organization
after due managerial review
5. Periodically review the performance of the practice of requirements
engineering and management within the organization and take necessary
corrective and preventive actions to keep the practice at its best
6. Appraise the persons involved in the requirements engineering and manage-
ment in the organization and accord recognition and rewards periodically
7. Enforce discipline on the resources whenever it becomes necessary to elimi-
nate deadwood and keep the team motivated
8. Take all necessary actions to motivate the resources and keep the morale very
high in the organization in general and in the resources involved with the
requirements engineering activity in particular
9. Any other activities necessary to ensure that the practice is carried out
efficiently and effectively in the organization
10. In fact, all the responsibilities specified earlier in the section on the role of the
organization are the responsibility of the senior management.
11.4 Final Words
If any organizational endeavor has to succeed, the collaboration between the
organization and the concerned individuals is essential. The Organization is
represented by the senior management. The Organization creates an environment
conducive to pursue excellence and produce desired results. Individuals utilize that
environment and produce desired results and move the organization towards
achieving excellence.