Author: Joy Beatty

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Using PDAs for Requirements Gathering

I heard a talk at RE07 called Exploring Scenario Forms and Ways of Use to Discover Requirements on Airports that Minimize Environmental Impact by Maiden, N., Ncube, C., Kamali, S.,

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Requirements are still a problem, right?

I was recently writing a paper where I wanted to reference literature that explained how requirements are one of the key failure points in software projects. I was thinking this

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Product Shopping Management

Well the 2007 holiday season is officially underway! And with it, I find myself preparing for the usual hectic shopping experiences that I face every December. Though today I stopped

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Words are hard

To put it bluntly, requirements text is typically pretty bland to read. You don’t get the colorful variety of writing in passive voice, because it can confuse the audience. But

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RE07 – Meet the Experts Panel

On Wednesday at RE07, I was part of a panel of requirements experts from industry. The other panel members were: Brian Berenbach (chair), a manager for Siemens’ RE focus program

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Live from RE’07!

Or should I say “sort of live” because the internet access onsite at the conference is hit-or-miss. But I am physically here in New Delhi, in attendance and writing in

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Requirements for Batch Processes

A batch process is used to do an automated manipulation of data, often for a bulk transfers of data. They execute transactions automatically without real time user input data. You

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Torpedoing Projects

I saw an interesting talk at INCOSE 2007 called Damn the Torpedoes! Lessons from Underwater Warfare. Terje Fossnes, from the Norwegian Defence Procurement Division – Submarines, talked about five cases

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