ABSTRACT
Introduction In this chapter we explore the many ways that requirements can be found, discovered, captured, or coerced. In this context, all of these terms are synonymous with “elicitation.” But “gathering” is not equivalent. Requirements are not like fallen fruit to be simply retrieved and placed in a bushel. No, requirements are usually not so easy to come by, at least not all of them. Many of the more subtle and complex ones have to be teased out through rigorous, if not dogged, processes.
