Category: Requirements
Requirement types, best practices, pitfalls, and other reference.
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Structured Analysis & Big, Thick Documents
Great book on modeling & systems analysis and yet another critique of “big, thick documents.”
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Requirements Are the Keystone
Requirements are the keystone of a successful project implementation.
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Bright Idea on Requirement Character Limits?
Adam Feldman, blogging from Bright Green Projects’ “Bright Ideas” blog poses a fun and interesting question. Twitter limits entries to 140 characters. Should we…
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Requirements Elicitation: Most Valuable Questions
A few of my favorite requirements elicitation interview questions, and an idea for cataloging them.
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Requirement Visualization: Mock-up & Wireframe Goodies
Here are some great product links and quotes on rapid UI prototyping that have helped reinforce the value of visualized requirements in my mind,…
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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…
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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…
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Requisite Pro + Doors = ?
What does IBM’s acquisition of Telelogic (Doors) mean to the future of both products? What does it mean for their users? I thought I’d…
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Use Case Basics: Distinguishing Between Exception and Alternative Paths
A while back I was involved in a discussion during which someone commented that because exceptions are really just alternatives to the main success…
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Is the Solution Animal? Vegetable? Mineral?
Ever taken a “20 questions” approach to requirements elicitation? According to The Bitter Project Manager, there are good reasons for doing so. Querying the…
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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…
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Looking for Sample Requirement Specifications and Templates?
Quick, simple tips to find sample requirement specs, templates and other sample documents.
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Quick Tip to Help Identify Use Case Actors
A few thoughts on identifying use case actors and a job-aid that may help simplify the effort.
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More on User Stories
How are user stories different from use cases and from traditional requirements?