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Software Requirements Management Articles, Blog Posts, Books and Quotes
Requirements aren’t evil, we are.
As he is responsible to create the requirements, we set the customer as the sole owner of the definition of success. Therefore, we force the burden of success onto the shoulders of the very person who has come to us, the software developer, for help. If that isn’t evil incarnate? This post is about the […]
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Writing User Stories for Web Applications
This post introduces user stories as the substitute of formal requirements documents in an agile environment.
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Agile, Multidisciplinary Teamwork
The article “<a href=”http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/archive.php?id=17″>Agile, Multidisciplinary Teamwork</a>” by Gautam Ghosh presents techniques and tools used to create requirements with a team composed of the different participants of agile projects.
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Understanding Non-Functional Requirements
This blog post is about understanding what non-functional requirements are, how they work, how to write them, and how to use them in real-life projects,
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Requirements for Outsourcing
Outsourcing differs from other development because there is bound to be a contractual relationship, probably a geographic distance, a different sense of loyalty, language misunderstandings, cultural differences, reluctance to speak up to the client – and many other associated problems. Good requirements are always a problem, but outsourcing increases the problems, and makes even great […]
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Business Analysis in Extreme Programming
This article “Business Analysis in Extreme Programming” describes the myths associated with having business analyst between the customers and the development staff. This approach is indicative of agile processes, in which the questions is asked how can we avoid confusion and get closer to the source of information?
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