Requirements gathering is rarely simple. Stakeholders may haveconflicting requirements that require compromise, and reaching thatcompromise often requires the systems analyst’s involvement. Inaddition, determining which requirements are in conflict may not onlybe a political issue but may also require the use of techniques todetermine conflicts in the software attributes—issues that may not beapparent in your requirements-gathering sessions with yourstakeholders. Finally, those requirements may present an ethicalchallenge to you as the systems analyst.

Examine the issue of conflicting requirements for a video-on-demandsystem as outlined in the article entitled “Identifying RequirementsConflicts and Cooperation.”

For this Discussion, consider the following:

• If you were the systems analyst on a similar project that haddisagreement among your stakeholders, how might you use the techniquedescribed in this article to resolve that conflict?
• What if you encountered a requirement that conflicted with yourethical framework (for example, a requirement that violated the privacyof customer data)?
• How could the techniques in this article help you to identify, communicate, and resolve that ethical dilemma?
• What other techniques might you use in order to come to a compromise?

Defend and support your opinion and cite your sources according to APA guidelines.