A good project team relies on many kinds of testing to help ensure a high-quality release. Developers use unit and integration tests to verify functionality of their individual modules. Quality assurance personnel use performance and reliability testing to verify service levels of the system as a whole. While each of these techniques serves a unique [...]
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 where to begin in our quest to understand the ecosystem. To add to the problem, the most common state that we see is that the [...]
We use a set of requirements documentation standards to generate consistency in our writing styles. They should be applied to the documentation produced in the requirements phase of a project, including the requirements, use cases, diagrams and process flows. Instead of writing in individual preferred styles, the entire team writes in the style defined by [...]
Data dictionaries have been around for quite a long time. I have a book on analysis that was written in 1979 that covers them in great detail. Unfortunately, most of the techniques in that text focus on how to collate and manage the data rather than what data to include. There’s nothing quite like reading [...]
I was out walking with my two-year-old son last week when we crossed the street next to a person on a motorcycle. From the running commentary in the stroller emerges “the man on the motorcycle is going to school.” Umm…..huh? “Hey bubba, how do you know the man is going to school?” “Because he is [...]
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 good news is that management will probably realize how important your job really is. The bad news is that your job just got a [...]
On Tuesday I began an overview of the processes behind gathering requirements for a migration project and how these activities differ from a system with new functionality. I began by talking about scope, understanding business needs and working with end users. Although these activities have a lot in common with the approach for a new [...]
On this blog, we discuss everything about software requirements.
This is your resource for posts on Business Requirements Analysis, Requirements Elicitation, Facilitation and Traceability, and best practices and tips for Business Analysts and Business Architects, direct from the expert practitioners at Seilevel. You'll find software requirements "how tos," opinions, best practices, tips, and information on Requirements Modeling Language (RML), Requirements Object Model (ROM), working with use cases, and other documentation such as BRD/SRS.
This blog features helpful tips on picking Requirements Tools, and even selecting a vendor. We also post on Waterfall and Agile development, and provide helpful advice for requirements planning, tracking and metrics.
If you are a member of IIBA, are a CBAP or CCBA, a new business analyst, or an IT product manager, project manager, requirements analyst, this blog is a great resource for professional growth and career advancement.
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