Tag: Specification
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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?
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A Couple Tips on Keeping Use Cases Simple
Use cases are atomic functions that are portable and not dependent upon a certain situation. They are requirement “objects” in the “object oriented” sense.…
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Precision Tools: Requirement Structure
I recently posted about the need for accuracy and precision in requirements. In that post, I mentioned that natural language requirements are probably the…
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Good Requirements Are More Than Just Accurate
The business analyst’s job is not complete if the requirements are documented and accurate but lack precision.
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What are user stories, and why should I use them?
I have used user stories – or at least something similar – to help me identify user requirements, but have never used them as…
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UML Use Case Modeling – A Little Help?
Recently, I’ve been fortunate enough to participate in some very interesting training sessions relating to business process re-engineering, and UML modeling. Now, I have…
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Functional Specs: Don't write them??
“Functional specifications documents lead to an illusion of agreement. A bunch of people agreeing on paragraphs of text is not real agreement. Everyone is…
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Avoiding the "How" Trap in Requirements Authoring
One of the main challenges in drafting requirements is to state “what” the solution must entail, and not “how” the solution must be tailored.…