The success of any IT project depends on clearly understanding what will satisfy stakeholder expectations. These expectations can be expressed as a collection of functional and non-functional system requirements. Analysts must do a great deal of translation between the useràdescription of new or updated system requirements and the detailed specifications for building the system.

In this assignment, you will meet and brainstorm ideas with your group members using your knowledge from previous courses. The case study provides descriptions from which your group may develop appropriate functional system requirements. You will not find explicit statements about non-functional requirements. Instead, your group must infer what the system should include. Focus on items related to hardware, software, security, and cost. You may leave some of these non-functional requirements somewhat open-ended and refine them later in the project as you gain a more complete understanding of the system. Non-functional requirements might include cloud vs. on-premises, database, operating system, programming languages, computing hardware, network components, interface or integration requirements to other applications, and IT support staff estimates.

Once you agree on the complete list of functional and non-functional requirements, you will define subsystems to organize the main functional requirements of the system. Common subsystems include Financial (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable) Human Resources (Time Entry, Payroll, Benefits Administration, Position Management), and Manufacturing (Shop Floor Control, Quality Control, Bill of Materials, Inventory).

Individually post the following to the group discussion board: 

A short description of the five functional and two non-functional requirements you identified.

An analysis (explanation) of how you derived the requirements from the case study.

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Walden University, LLC. (2010). Requirements gathering [Video]. Walden University Blackboard. https://waldenu.instructure.com

Walden University, LLC. (2010). Nonfunctional requirements [Video]. Walden University Blackboard. https://waldenu.instructure.com