Abstract:

Requirements determination is a critical phase of information system development. This phase is the essence of successful design and development. A typical information system will have hundreds or even thousand of requirements. Identifying and specifying those requirements takes time and effort, but it can yield significant benefits for the entire systems development process. The paper discusses two models of the requirements determination process, and then the various techniques and tools to improve the determination of information system requirements. It also discusses the difficulties and problems that occur within each stage of requirements determination process model. The University of Bahrain Online Registration System is used as a case study in this paper. The paper finally concludes with some recommendation and guidelines to improve the current system.