How would you differentiate between functional and non-functional requirements?

Primary Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 300–500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:

Software systems or applications are part of our everyday lives in the modern era. Many people rely on applications to perform business, personal, social, and entertainment tasks on a regular basis. Think of all the features you like about your favorite social media, gaming, or banking applications. The establishment of requirements for these applications were all accomplished via the Requirements Elicitation process and through understanding user requirements. Image you are the Lead Analyst for a new Social Media platform or for a new video game, it will be important to capture requirements. In this scenarios you have access to a pool of potential application users:

• How would you differentiate between functional and non-functional requirements?

• What are some good techniques to perform requirements elicitation?

• Why is it important to understand user requirements?