Method for creating a description of requirements for an incorporated system.

The invention relates to a method for creating a requirements description for an embedded system, in particular a vehicle control apparatus, in which a vocabulary consisting of text modules is recorded in a data processing system. in natural language selectable that can be combined with each other to form at least one natural language phrase, especially in English, forming a machine-readable description of requirements, and wherein each text module is linked to a set of other text modules which can be combined therewith, the data processing system automatically presenting on a display unit for selection for a selected text module the other text modules which can be combined therewith The invention furthermore relates to a program product computer which is recorded on a data carrier and which implements a method according to one of the claims when running on a data processing system.