P

page count on a report, 164, 167

page throw levels on a report, 165

paper type for a report, 167

parameter values, 138, 195

parent entity, 130

parochial data type definition, 89

parochialness, 256, 257. See also unparochialness

participants in the requirements process, F-15

passive attack on an interface, 60–61

passive reviewers of a requirements specification, F-19

passwords

changing, 287, 289

criteria for acceptable, 288–289

generating initial, 287

system-generated, 293

password entry, recording incorrect, 149

password format, criteria for, 287, 288–289

password guesser utility, 289

pattern author, 23

"Pattern classifications" in a requirement pattern, 23

pattern manifestation, 22

pattern name, 21

patterns, 20, 43. See also requirement patterns

peak customer capacity, 213

peak minute, calculating throughput for, 208

peak period, 213

pending actions, 128, 129

people over processes, agile exhortation, F-23

percentages, as data type 87, 218

performance

common issues with, 192–195

defined, 191–192

degrading of, 225, 244

flexibility and, 240

as a source of nonfunctional system aspects, F-70

transactions and, 137

performance domain, 29–30, 191–238

performance requirement patterns, 191–238

performance targets, 192, 193–194

PERL scripts, 69

permissions. See privileges

personal contact details, data structure for, 96

personal name details, data structure for, 96

"Pervasive" requirement pattern classification, 35

pervasive requirements

alerting readers to the presence of, 28

defined, 20, 27

grouping related, 27

for inquiries, 159, 161

for living entities, 131–132

for reports, 166–167, 168

writing, 47

post codes, unparochialness and, 259

postmortem, 42

power users, accessibility concerns and, 171, 174

preciseness of requirement patterns, 20

precision

of calculations, 103

of a glossary definition, 14, F-46

preemptive corrections, 225

preferences of users, 285

Prepare step in requirements process, 7, F-16–F-17

presentation unit, 176

preset thresholds, passing, 145

previous screen, returning to, 125

pricing changes, 129

primary programming language, 69

primary reviewers of requirements specification, F-19

principles, regarding requirements specification, 6–7, F-9

priorities, F-40–F-41

prioritizing requirements, 14

priority of a requirement, F-34, F-36, F-39–F-41, F-43

privacy requirements for reports, 166

privileges, 305

privilege types inquiry, 317

problems

distinguishing from solutions, 9

specifying, 6, F-9

procedures manual, documentation requirement, 83

processing abilities, accessibility concerns and, 171, 174, 182

processing load, 215

product mailing list, customers joining, 133

product restarts, need for, 229

production line, non-interference with, 139–140

programming language, 69, 188

progress bar, displaying, 204

project manager, F-3, F-15

proof of existence archiving, 111

prospective installations, scope of, 255

protection of data, 123

prototypes, developing, F-14

pseudo-localization, testing, 271

punctuation, unparochialness and, 259