Improvement of requirements engineering course - Medical software case study

Abstract

© Copyright 2017 by the paper's authors. Requirements engineering is one of crucial phases in developing any kind of software. For complex and demanding software it is necessary, before starting actual development, to elicit and specify requirements in form of appropriate document that will facilitate communication between developers and users. Requirement Engineering (RE) is, usually, one of master courses during ICT studies. Nowadays, society is confronted with a global aging population, and significant efforts are dedicated to the development of complex healthcare and medical software. In this paper we will discuss some important elements and characteristics of requirement document template and also critical and important lessons for collecting requirements for healthcare and medical software. We also propose some steps for improving RE course that has been delivering for more than 10 years at the University of Novi Sad.