Editing Requirements analysis (section)

=== Stakeholder identification ===
See [[Stakeholder analysis]] for a discussion of people or organizations (legal entities such as companies, and standards bodies) that have a valid interest in the system. They may be affected by it either directly or indirectly.

A major new emphasis in the 1990s was a focus on the identification of ''stakeholders''. It is increasingly recognized that stakeholders are not limited to the organization employing the analyst. Other stakeholders will include:
* anyone who operates the system (normal and maintenance operators)
* anyone who benefits from the system (functional, political, financial, and social beneficiaries)
* anyone involved in purchasing or procuring the system. In a mass-market product organization, product management, marketing, and sometimes sales act as surrogate consumers (mass-market customers) to guide the development of the product.
* organizations that regulate aspects of the system (financial, safety, and other regulators)
* people or organizations opposed to the system (negative stakeholders; see also [[Misuse case]])
* organizations responsible for systems that interface with the system under design.
* those organizations that [[horizontal integration|integrate horizontally]] with the organization for whom the analyst is designing the system.