Tony and I have a new book coming out in June: Visual Models for Software Requirements! Here is a sneak peek at what to expect. We start with an introduction […]
Tag: requirements documentation
Visual Models for Software Requirements: Now Available on Amazon
Joy Beatty and Anthony Chen are co-authoring a book for Microsoft Press, and Visual Models for Software Requirements is now available for advance ordering on Amazon. This book will help […]
In Software Requirements, the Details DO Matter
The recent sad news about Steve Jobs made me remember an interesting article that made its way around our office. It’s about how even as CEO of Apple; Steve had […]
Webinar Sept. 21 – Tool vs. Process: Which Comes First?
Considering whether to update (or finally define) your requirements best practices? Considering whether or not you need a requirements management tool? Do you want to avoid rework and the wasteful […]
Business Analyst Tip for Making Sure the Short Cut You’re Taking Is Valid
I was recently in a situation where I had to create some use cases for enhancements to an existing product very quickly. The existing use cases were missing a lot […]
Business Analyst Tips for Creating Consumable Software Requirements Deliverables
In my blog post about avoiding reviewer fatigue, one of the things I mentioned was following all of the guidelines for creating a consumable deliverable. Deliverables may take many forms—a […]
Viva Las Vegas!
Are you joining us in Las Vegas? We are presenting at Project Summit and Business Analyst World Las Vegas on November 18th at 12:45pm. This is going to be our […]
Don’t forget to join us at IIBA tomorrow!
James Hulgan at ArgonDigital will be presenting: ‘How to use Business Data Diagrams to Derive Use Cases & UAT Scenarios’ You don’t want to miss this! Summary: Most Business Analysts […]
How do you determine if you have a business rule?
On a recent client’s project, we were asked to help in the effort of creating a system to automate much of the current manual processes. In order to capture the requirements […]
BluePrint Tool
I attended a talk by folks from BluePrint and LexisNexis at BAWorld on Tuesday. The first bit of the talk was just an intro to agile and why it is […]
Out of Scope Out of Mind
Be wary the out of scope feature pile. Sure it is a quick and easy way to kill off an entire new project’s worth of work, but did you kill […]
Controlling Changing Software Requirements
The CCB (Change Control Board). It is their responsibility to oversee and approve any proposed changes to your software project. They’re officially in charge of moving the cheese around – […]