AbstractThis paper presents specific recommendations that have been found effective within IBM (now Loral) Federal Systems for teaching the process of generating operations‐based requirements. Specific recommendations include:Base the workshop on a holistic, flexible processBase exercises on a problem the students can relate to as a userEnsure the students understand the needs the entity addresses before allowing them to begin requirements analysisHave all exercises involve teamsHave at least two exercises using each critical method or technique covered in the workshopHave multiple teams work the same problemConstruct class requirements definition examples such that there is at least one with a clearly superior resolution, and one with number of nearly equivalent “okay” resol