1. Who are the stakeholders for the issues related to real estate in your community, and what are their main interests?
2. What types of information does the board collect and make available to its members and to the community?
3. Research the real estate industry in at least two countries other than the United States. For each of these countries, what are some of the cultural and legal issues that differ from those in the United States? If you were working on support for an international real estate cooperative system, in what ways would the information collection activity process be complicated?
4. Who are the stakeholders for SBRU? For each type of stakeholder, what aspects of the SBRU booking system are of particular interest?
5. What are the main functional requirements for the major subsystem areas (i.e., resort relations, student booking, accounting and finance, and social networking)?
6. Assuming that social networking at the resorts will require wireless communication and connection to the Internet, what are some reliability requirements that resorts might be asked to maintain? What are some performance requirements? Is this a bigger issue because resorts are in international locations?
7. What are some security requirements? Is there any reason why students in Europe, Asia, or other locations could not book rooms through SBRU? What issues might be anticipated?
8. To collect information on functional requirements for the social networking subsystem, what are some techniques that might be used? Be specific and include some sample questions you might ask by using various techniques.
9. Who are the stakeholders for On the Spot? How involved should On the Spot’s customers be in system definition? As the business grows, who else might be potential stakeholders and interested in system functions?
10. If you were commissioned to build a system for Bill, how would you determine the requirements? Be specific in your answer. Make a list of the questions you need answering.
11. What technology and communication requirements do you see?What are the hardware requirements, and what kind of equipment will provide viable options to the system? What would you recommend to Bill?
12. What are the primary functional requirements for the system as described so far in the case?
13. Who are RTGM’s stakeholders? Should NMHS’s patients be included in defining the system requirements? Why or why not? Should RTGM interact with medical professionals other than physicians? Why or why not?
14. If you were the lead analyst for RTGM, how would you determine the requirements? Be specific in your answer. List several questions you need answered.
15. What are the primary functional requirements for the system as described so far in the case?
16. Are the parameters for alerting patients and medical personnel the same for every patient? Can they vary over time for the same patient? What are the implications for the system’s functional requirements?
17. Briefly describe some possible nonfunctional requirements for RTGM.