Requirements Working Group

Welcome to the Website for the INCOSE Requirements Working Group!
Please also visit: INCOSE RWG - YouTube
INCOSE RWG Connect Site (for INCOSE members): https://connect.incose.org/WorkingGroups/Requirements/Pages/Home.aspx

Please see links below for highlights of the INCOSE RWG products, please download our Manual and Guides from the INCOSE Store! Pages - Store (incose.org)
Recent INCOSE RWG Products:

• Needs and Requirements Manual (NRM) - Needs, Requirements, Verification, Validation Across the Lifecycle
• Guide to Needs and Requirements (GtNR) - a practical application guide
• Guide to Verification and Validation (GtVV) - a practical application guide
• Guide to Writing Requirements (GtWR) - a practical application guide

Some useful content for Needs and Requirements Development:

Mission & Objectives

1.  Purpose: Advance the state of the practices, education and theory of requirements engineering and its relationship to other systems engineering functions.

2. Goal: Expand and promote the body of knowledge of requirements engineering and its benefits within the systems engineering community.

3. Scope: Activities relating to requirements engineering best practices.

4. Skills and expertise required: Representation from the following:

• Requirements engineering practitioners and educators
• Relevant standards body participants
• SE Tool Vendors
• A diversity of experience levels, disciplines, organizations, enterprises, and nations

Leadership

Chair: Tami Katz, Ball Aerospace, USA

Co-Chair: Lou Wheatcraft;  Wheatland Consulting, USA

Co-Chair:  Mike Ryan; Capability Associates Pty Ltd, Australia

Co-Chair: Raymond Wolfgang, Sandia National Labs, USA

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Working Group Products

1. Maintain the working group charter
2. Maintain the Guide to Writing Requirements
3. Contribute to the requirement-related portions of the SE handbook and SEBoK
4. Contribute to the development of SE ontologies
5. Formulate guidance for the development and management of requirements in a model-based environment
6. Maintain the RWG connect website
7. Maintain the RWG public website
8. Service supporting standards activities relevant to requirements engineering

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Planned Working Sessions at the Next Events

The Requirement Working Group will:

• meet at International Workshop
• meet virtually via telecom
• maintain its work products
• recruit champions to lead activities
• carry out assignments outside of meetings
• use INCOSE RWG discussion groups to achieve working group consensus
• promote RWG membership collaboration with other INCOSE working groups, other professional societies, commercial and industry committees, government organizations, and academic institutions
• communicate to RWG members and interested INCOSE members via
  • RWG website
  • RWG threaded discussions

• provide INCOSE tutorials and webinars

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Planned Presentations at the Next Events