Requirements Engineering In Current Web Engineering Methodologies

Web engineering – the discipline concerned with the development of quality web applications has been receiving a lot of attention in the recent era with the increasing number of web projects being undertaken by many organizations. Many methodologies have been proposed in this regard. Requirements engineering – being an integral and crucial phase in traditional software engineering, also necessitates a careful consideration in web engineering as well. The present paper presents an overview of how well the available web engineering methodologies address requirements engineering. The types of requirements, techniques, activities and the level of detail supported by the web engineering methodologies available today are tabulated and this throws light on the need for new methodologies that address requirements engineering in a greater depth for web applications.