A couple of years ago I wrote a blog titled the 5 Joys of using Excel as a Requirements Management Tool. In the post, I wrote about the frustrations I […]
Tag: Requirements Tools
Requirements Management Tool Review – Blueprint
One of the perks of working for a consulting company is that we get to work with a variety of tools and resources depending on the needs/desires of our clients. […]
Requirements Tools: Excel (1 of Many)
Last time, I went over a Sharepoint feature that’s saved me a lot of time and effort. At ArgonDigital,, as much as we use Sharepoint, we use Excel even more. […]
Collaborate on documents during your meetings
A nice trick that business analysts can use now that collaboration technology like Google Docs exists is to allow meeting participants to simultaneously collaborate on documents during the meeting itself. […]
My Favorite “Hidden” Visio Feature: Extracting Data from Visio Drawings
On a recent project, I found myself cobbling together spreadsheets which included a lot of the data elements from some of my Visio diagrams. One such case occurred early on […]
Joy Beatty discusses software requirements tools in an upcoming TV show on tools for software productivity
We had a busy day of software requirements filming at ArgonDigital headquarters this week! ArgonDigital was tapped by eDev Tech for a segment on requirements tools for an upcoming TV […]
Business Analyst Tip: The Format Painter
Like many of us, I’ve been known to mumble disparaging remarks about Microsoft under my breath while using their tools. But, I have to say there is at least one thing […]
Commenters’ Choice: ArgonDigital Requirements Management Tool Evaluation – Part 2
This year’s requirements tool evaluation research generated lots of interest, and lots of questions/comments (despite some challenges with our template downloads). Read on for more… Joy Beatty wrote, “Phase 2 […]
Requirements Webinar Downloads – “Tool vs. Process: Which Comes First?”
Joy Beatty, VP Research & Development at ArgonDigital, presented a requirements webinar September 21 hosted by eDev Technologies. The webinar is part of their Requirements Leadership Forum lecture series. Joy […]
ArgonDigital Requirements Management Tool Evaluation – Part 2
9/22/11 IMPORTANT NOTE AND UPDATE: We have updated the criteria and tool scores — please go to this post for the most current material. Phase 2 of our requirements management […]
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 […]
Live from RE’11: In the Dragon’s Den
Wednesday, I was fortunate enough to sit on a panel with Alistair Mavin, Sam Phillips, and Peter Jones and participate in a Dragon’s Den-style competition. The Brainchild of Jane Celeland-Huang […]