Author: Joyce Grapes

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Training

Delegating to Junior Business Analysts

We’ve been talking about delegation around ArgonDigital recently. We’ve added some really bright junior members to our team, and want to be sure we utilize them to the utmost. But,

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General Articles

More on Software Requirements and Recipes

When reading Michael’s post, The Recipe for Success in Cooking…up Software Requirements, I began thinking about other parallels between recipes and software requirements. My grandmother made great watermelon pickles.  Everyone

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10 Tips for Avoiding Reviewer Fatigue

I’ve recently been reviewing a work product that is, frankly, a mess.  Unfortunately, I feel like I’m not providing valuable feedback.  I’ve spent my energy and time straightening out the

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Product Management

Use Case Assumption vs Pre-Condition

When I read use cases, the assumptions I see listed are almost always pre-conditions. In Use Case – Preconditions vs Assumptions, Debbie Siah does a good job of providing definitions

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Take Everything with a Grain of Salt

Jakob Nielsen’s article Interviewing Users, is focused on interviews for usability testing, but he makes a lot of great points that apply to requirements elicitation as well.  Here are a

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Getting Defect Priority Right

I’m working on a project that is in the testing phase right now, so defects are on my mind.  As product managers, we often have the job of prioritizing defects. 

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Lessons for a Good Hair Cut

Last year, I wrote about my Lessons from a Bad Haircut.  I’m please to say I finally have a lesson from a good haircut. How did I finally get a

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Lessons from a Bad Haircut

I got a lousy haircut the other day. I’m not happy. And, one of the things I’m least happy with is the fact that I can trace one comment I

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