Requirements are important while the complete lifecycle of a software and of a project. In the beginning, requirements help to concretise the goals of a software, which have to be fulfilled by design and implementation, and validated by test cases.

This research area focuses both on methodologies for requirements and specifications, and on their practical support by tools and their use within projects and companies. The research activities target the whole life cycle of software and projects, in particular initial software development, improvement, analysis, and modernization.