What is Requirement Analysis

Requirement Analysis for software development projects is the exploratory, developmental activity of helping users figure out what they want and recording the same for further use in the subsequent phases of development. Conceptually, Requirements Analysis includes three types of activities:

• Requirement Capture: the task of communicating with all stakeholders to determine what their requirements are.
• Requirement Analysis: the task of making the stated and unstated requirements clear, complete, unambiguous and detailed enough. 
• Documenting Requirements: Requirements may be documented in various forms, such use cases, process specifications, software requirements specification (SRS), Functional Specifications (FS) etc…

Benefits of Good Requirement Analysis

• Cost Savings 
• Shorten your development cycle
• Get a product that meets your needs on time
• Boost the team’s productivity
• Reduce rework and conflicts arising from unclear and ambiguous requirements

Today, you have methods that captures the requirements, quickly, accurately and completely - one that provides a flexible, yet structured approach to producing a high quality specification. It is essential that companies perform a comprehensive business requirements gathering initiatives to see that application development can be a successful activity.