“woof woof! Woof woof! Woof woof!”
I could barely open
my eyes but I was conscious enough to put the alarm on snooze. Yes, I know a
barking dog would be a lame alarm but I’ve had it since 6th grade.
“Wait, it’s Saturday isn’t it?” I thought for a moment.
“My brother’s birthday is in 2 weeks!” I screamed while jumping out of my bed. I grabbed my car keys, a toast with cheese on it that I forgot to eat last night while watching the el Classico and headed straight to the nearest car dealer shop (would you believe it?) in my sleeping suit! :P
“I gotta buy him a
yellow sports car. That’s all he ever dreamt of. I am so gonna buy him a yellow
sports car. He’s my favorite brother. In fact the only brother I have.”“My brother’s birthday is in 2 weeks!” I screamed while jumping out of my bed. I grabbed my car keys, a toast with cheese on it that I forgot to eat last night while watching the el Classico and headed straight to the nearest car dealer shop (would you believe it?) in my sleeping suit! :P
So I parked my car in a really awkward position and rushed
into the building which had a sign on it stating
“Ashir Hanif car dealers
You ask We deliver”
You ask We deliver”
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“May I help you sir?” Asked the receptionist.
“I want to buy a car” I replied.
“What kind of a car sir?” She asked.
“A sports car” I replied.
“Follow me” She took me to the office of a guy name Adeel.
“I see you are looking for a sports car Mr. ummm?”
“Zaryab” I replied.
“Oh so Mr. Zaryab what kind of a sports car do you want?”
“Well to be honest not really but I’m buying one for my brother. It’s his birthday in 2 weeks. He’s really into cars and stuff but I gotta keep it a surprise. And yeah. All I know is that he is obsessed with yellow”
“Oh so Mr. Zaryab what kind of a sports car do you want?”
“Ummm. A yellow one?”
“Hahahaha. A yellow
one? So I guess you don’t know much about sports car do you?”“Well to be honest not really but I’m buying one for my brother. It’s his birthday in 2 weeks. He’s really into cars and stuff but I gotta keep it a surprise. And yeah. All I know is that he is obsessed with yellow”
“I’m sorry sir but you’ll have to be more specific”
“As I told you already I don’t know a thing about cars and
all I know is that I need a yellow sports car in 2 weeks”
“2 weeks! 2 weeks?
Hold on sir you’re not going in the right direction. Here’s the deal. I’m gonna
ask you a list of questions and you’re gonna have to answer them. Fair enough?”
Then he started asking a list of long, tough questions such
as the car company, the additional features in the car, the horse power, the
fuel consumption and I can’t even remember what else. I could hardly answer a
few of them. What seemed like a tough interview finally came to an end.
“These are the list of cars that you ought to choose from. What’s your price range?” He took out a list of 8 cars.
“Ummm. 50000 $ I guess.” I replied.
“Well I guess you don’t have a lot of options then. We only have 2 cars in that price range. A lotus Elise which I’d prefer or a used yellow Lamborghini diablo. We don’t have any yellow lotuses.”
“Well I guess you don’t have a lot of options then. We only have 2 cars in that price range. A lotus Elise which I’d prefer or a used yellow Lamborghini diablo. We don’t have any yellow lotuses.”
“Well that’s it then. Lamborghini it is :D”
“Oh wait. There’s just a little problem. You said your
brother’s birthday is in 2 weeks? Well I’m sorry but we can’t order one within
3 weeks.”
“What? Why not? What’s the use if I he doesn’t get his
present on his birthday?”
“Well Sir we can’t do a lot about that. Maybe you surprise
him a week later? How about this. We’ll arrange a party for him at the
Lamborghini warehouse and surprise him there! ”
“Well that sounds fun! :D But he won’t be able to ride his
car on that day right?”
“No Sir I’m afraid that won’t be the case.”
“Well I can live with that. But it better be one hell of a
party then”
“Hahahaha. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it sir!”
“Well it was nice meeting you Mr. Adeel and I hope my
brother likes the car”
“I’m pretty sure he will Sir.”
“Well I better get going then. Have a good day.”
“You too Sir!”
I left the building having ordered a yellow sports car
however I still wasn’t sure if I had ordered the right car. Well I guess I
better get lucky here. Who cares about the type of the car anyway? A huge smile
on my brother’s face is all that matters to me!
What we learnt Today:
- User requirements are the
services that the system provides and its operational constraints
- System requirements set out
detailed descriptions of the system’s functions, services and operational
constraints.
- Functional requirements verses Non-functional requirements
- System Requirement Specification is a document containing user and system requirements.
- R requirements elicitation involves technical staff working with customers to find out about the application domain, the services that the system should provide and the system’s operational constraints.
- There are a number of generic activities common to all RE processes
1.
Requirements
elicitation;
2.
Requirements
analysis;
3.
Requirements
validation;
4.
Requirements
management.
Birthday at Lamborghini ware house sounds pretty cool :-P
ReplyDeleteOne question, if any non functional requirement like speed you mentioned out is of much importance to customer, can it be called functional then?
ReplyDeleteYes, for Example in Security systems security is a functional requirement though in general we take security as a non functional requirement.
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