Debunking the Myth that Upfront Requirements are Infeasible for Scientific Computing Software

Many in the Scientific Computing Software community believe that upfront requirements are impossible, or at least infeasible. This paper shows requirements are feasible with the following: i) an appropriate perspective (‘faking’ the final documentation as if requirements were correct and complete from the start, and gathering requirements as if for a family of programs); ii) the aid of the right principles (abstraction, separation of concerns, …