Abstract: “The Agile Software Development Methodology is fast becoming the more popular and eagerly embraced software development methodology. It is underpinned by the Agile Manifesto which clearly articulates the methodology’s underlying principles and values. Requirements engineering is a key component of any development life cycle, yet it has gained little attention in the studies conducted in the Agile Movement. This paper aims to introduce the key features of requirements engineering in an agile setting and how requirements engineering is carried out in two of the more popular agile methods Scrum and Extreme Programming.”

Keywords: agile, analaysis, development methodology, requirements engineering