Proto-a software requirements specification, analysis and validation tool

Software requirements are precise statements of need intended to convey an understanding about a desired result. Initially, software requirements must be derived, captured on paper and interpreted by developers. However, such specifications are large, English-like documents which are often ambiguous, imprecise and incomplete. Consequently, the results are large software investments which do not satisfy the needs of the final users. A study performed by IBM, TRW, GTE and Bell Labs revealed that the more costly problems of software development arise in the definition of software requirements, not in the actual production of code.<
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