When looking at an existing application ecosystem for the first time, whether for an upgrade to the functionality or for a complete system migration, it is sometimes difficult to know […]
Tag: software requirements
Offshore Development Part 1
Your company has decided to take the leap and begin migrating some of your development offshore. As a business analyst/product manager, I have good news and bad news for you. […]
The art and science of disambiguation
Jeff Gray reports in his Collection of Ambiguous or Inconsistent/Incomplete Statements that “the 500 words used most in the English language each have an average of 23 different meanings.” I […]
Traditional software requirements don’t work?
Recently I have talked to a number of clients that have referred to the fact that traditional requirements don’t work. It didn’t take long to ferret out that they were […]
The Most Important Thing
Last night I was interviewing a candidate and I asked him to tell me the value of a recent project for which he was the lead business analyst. He asked […]
Cnotxet is ciritacl
I came across this the other day. It is a meme that has been making its way around the net for the past couple of years and purports to show […]
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 […]
Let’s make a deal!
Joel Spolsky writes here about the penchant that many organizations have for playing Monty Hall when it comes to the fine art of requirement prioritization. You’re likely already familiar with […]
“Shall” we require?
Does anyone know the history of the shall statement in requirements? I hear people now and then complain about that word. I personaly don’t like it as it’s not a […]
Who Wants to Write Requirements?
Recently, a colleague passed along a piece by Karl Wiegers. I have been meaning to do a deep dive into his website for a while now and So You Want […]