All Entries Tagged With: "Requirements"
Quoteworthy: Kulak & Guinney
Welcome to Practical Analyst, a site specializing in practical insight for business analysts and project professionals. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or follow me on Twitter. Thanks for stopping by! An appropriate and complete requirements specification does nothing to ensure a successful implementation; however, it makes it [...]
Time Travel for Context-free Use Cases
Yes, sometimes we BA’s need to think of creative ways to help us withhold the technology and implementation detail from our requirements.
Classic Business Analysis Articles
I was sorting through some of my bookmarks and articles I’ve accumulated over time via the Web, and found that there are a few articles that I seem to refer back to time and again.
Four Key Knowledge Areas for Business Analysts
Four key knowledge/capability domains that are especially important to the business analyst.
More Business Analyst Link Love (09-28)
Here are some worthwhile links to help fill your brain with business analysis.
Could requirements analysis be automated?
Could systems and software be used to take the place of the requirements analyst?
Business Analysis Digest (09-12)
Some more interesting reads from my business analysis bookmarks.
Sherlock Holmes on the Necessity of Requirements
During some time off a while back, I went to Project Gutenberg and downloaded The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I still haven’t read them all, but I was surprised to see the great detective speak out so strongly in favor of requirements in A Scandal in Bohemia.
Use Cases or User Stories? Read Up!
There have been some really interesting articles in recent days and weeks that have been comparing use cases and user stories, and highlighting the advantages of each. I’ve cherry-picked some of the best from my collection of bookmarks to share with you here.
Regardless of what method you use, it is good to be familiar with the available options and their relative strengths and weaknesses.
A Few Quick Links – 12/18/08
New idea for requirements collaboration, lots of project management terms, more evidence on the link between poor requirements and project failure, and, for Heaven’s sake, we don’t “gather” requirements!
The Business Analysis “Artist” and the Requirement Tools of the Trade
Understanding the limitations of requirements management tools, and the importance of analysis skills.
Weekly Digest 08-42
BABOK updates, “what vs. how”, new blog subscriptions, Google Pagerank and an awesome picture.
Preparing Questions for a Great Customer Interview
Good questions lead to good requirements.
Requirements Management Tool Resources
My company has been looking at requirements management solutions, which has provided me with the unique opportunity to play the “user” role for a change, and to do a little research into the attributes that make requirements management successful.
Anyway, what I’d like to do with this post is to share a few items I’ve found on the Web as well as some of my own thoughts on what might be of use to others who might be looking for a requirements management solution.
More on User Stories
How are user stories different from use cases and from traditional requirements?
IIBA Atlanta Chapter Meeting & Requirements.net
A few notes and impressions from the February, 2008 Atlanta IIBA chapter meeting.
On Business Analysis in an Agile Setting
While the titles of who performs the work may differ, business analysis skills are critical in any methodology.