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By: JB

JB — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:19:52 +0000

Appreciate the comment, Wilco! And you're right, I think finding the right type of "language" given the situation and audience can be a dilemma.

We definitely want the requirements to be accurate, and we definitely want them to be precise, but not to the extent that they aren't readable to the target audience.

Equating the different types of language the the requirement types is an interesting approach.

By: Wilco_Charite

Wilco_Charite — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:02:10 +0000

Jonathan,__It feels a bit that the confrontation between easy to understand and level of detail is a dilemma! But there is off course a possibility to use the path natural language – structured language – pseudocode – formal specification language. The growth in level of detail and the accompanied shrinking level of understanding is related to who reeds the requirements. A business manager wants natural language, ICT can use pseudo and formal. In several companies where i worked i saw your path "live" and i experienced i can use this path because the more level of detail you put in requirements, the more "techical" the audience is! Take your 4 stages and level them to Business requirements, functional requirements, user requirements and system requirements. Your path is not a problem, it is a chance and that seems te me the way to cope with it.

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By: JB

JB — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:36:39 +0000

Herman,
Thanks for visiting my blog and taking a minute to comment. I hadn’t heard of that report and would certainly be interested. Thanks for the tip!

By: Herman Driessen

Herman Driessen — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:58:07 +0000

Thank you for your article about the fascinating world of requirements in natural language.

You may be interested in a report from NASA, that evaluates six tools, that analyze requirements written in a natural language. They spent a year evaluating these tools, using criteria like completeness,consistency, precision, etc.
The report is avaliable. Mail to:
valerie.s.jones@ivvv.nasa.gov

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By: JB

JB — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:05:38 +0000

Thanks for sharing the link, Keith. I've casually perused Cockburn's site a few times, but had never come across that entry. Good stuff. By the way, I really enjoyed your presentation at the Atlanta IIBA meeting a couple weeks back, and I'll be tracking the webcasts on requirements.net as well.