http://blogs.msdn.com/b/stephen_cohen/archive/2009/11/29/requirements-are-tools-not-weapons.aspxConsider these requirements; · The system shall properly calculate the taxes due at the time of payment. · The system shall properly display the location and speed of inbound projectiles. · All users will only be able to change data appropriate to theiren-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/stephen_cohen/archive/2009/11/29/requirements-are-tools-not-weapons.aspx#9931235Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:58:42 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9931235intelligentform<p>We agree, Requirements are the Achilles heel of software development - with emphasis on narrative requirements. They cannot be tested or shown to be consistent, complete, or correct. Any requirement described in colloquial English is itself a significant analysis problem, expanding the problem domain, not solving it (as one of our customers said describing a 267 page narrative - 'it is an analysis problem not a solution!'). </p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9931235" width="1" height="1">