The thesis is the first study in this area, and provides insight into the strenghts and weaknesses of boilerplates, as well as suggesting which areas need more research.The experiment performed during the project was carried out using students from the second grade of the Computer Science program from NTNU, and was held in an auditorium. Results were ambiguos. It is the researcher's opinion that these two factors influenced the results negatively. In order to get clearer answers about the quality of boilerplates as a requirements engineering method, it is neccessary to do a more real-life experiment, using more experienced test subject, and also using tools like DODT to create the requirements.