Joy Beatty, VP of Research at ArgonDigital, participated in a panel discussion on software requirements on Information Management Magazine’s “DMRadio.” If you’d like to listen to the archived discussion, you can find it here: https://bit.ly/zCznao The hour-long interview and discussion was hosted by Eric Kavanagh, CEO at The Bloor Group, and Jim Ericson, editorial director […]
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Incorporating the Software Test Team into the Software Requirements Creation Process – Part 3
This is the last post in a series on “why incorporate the test team into software requirements creation earlier” – for the first post, click here; for the second post, click here. In the first part of this series on the role Testers can and should play in the requirements creation process, I stated that […]
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. Unfortunately, I often run into people who aren’t aware that there is a difference between defect priority and defect severity. The article Arguing Apples and […]
Managing Data Defects in the Software Development Process
For the purpose of this discussion, let me define data defects in a software development process as defects caused when improper data setup manifests itself as “application errors.” I ran into this situation recently when I was asked to define requirements to fix a couple of defects that had been logged in the system by […]
4 Types of Issues to Track During Software Requirements
Tony wrote a post on issue tracking during software requirements phases of your project a couple years ago. I want to write about it again because I think it’s one of the most valuable things we do on projects to ensure nothing falls through the cracks. Plus, everything he said is still true and we […]
Everybody’s Favorite Topic, Software Requirements
Don’t blame me if the title of this seems a bit sarcastic; it’s the opening line Karl Weigers gives for his webinar, Software Requirements: 10 Traps to Avoid. Personally, I enjoyed the webinar. I thought his introduction, covering the hierarchy of software requriements (scope–use cases–functional requirements) was a good introduction that too many analysts and […]