So for this assignment, let's say you are a WSU systems analyst. Your job for the moment is to draft a list of functional requirements for the next version of MyWSU. These are just statements of what the system should let the user do. You have decided that the first student you are going to interview is a student you know very well, (you)

During the interview, ask this student (yourself) what feature of MyWSU is most in need of improvement. Is it the Academic Requirements Report? Is it Enrollment? Or is there some new feature that MyWSU requires, something that's not there yet? Or is there some combination of features that are sort-of there, but which would be much better if they worked together? (Like the ability to see your remaining graduation requirements and alongside those to see the courses available in the coming quarter which would satisfy those requirements, with a button to get enrolled in the ones the student chooses.)

Then within that particular important area of improvement, brainstorm with the student what their real, specific needs are. Make a list of these improved capabilities. (In real life you would go on to interview different kinds of students, faculty, and staff, to get a more complete list. One student's list is enough for this assignment.)

After the student can't think of any more new requirements, prioritize the list. Which requirements should be given to the software engineers first, to be delivered back for students to use before next quarter? (Usually doing this will help the student also think of some more requirements to add to the list. Prioritize those along with the others.) Turn in a Word document below, with a description of the missing capability and your prioritized list of specific requirements for what the capability should let students do.