Problem formulation

Activities

• Activity 1: Clarifying and itemising the problem or Task

Description

In a problem formulation, key development points are formulated and the core of the problem is expressed. With one unmanageable large number of requirements and their Relationships can thus be focused on the essential ones.

Procedure

1. Describe the development goal based on the central requirements (concentration on the essentials)
2. Formally, problem formulations should be in the command form in order to emphasize the request for specific actions
3. It can definitely make sense to initially define extremely demanding or even impossible goals in order to promote innovation
4. If a relation-oriented functional model was created as part of the vulnerability analysis, problem formulations can be derived from it

Sources

• Lindemann 2009, p. 294