User stories are well established in agile software development processes, but they should not be seen as detailed requirements specifications. It is accepted that the end users do not know all the requirements at once. Therefore, user stories only give hints about the expectations of an end user. A computer supported strategy is proposed to get more details in a communications process. This strategy focuses on the agile development of information systems. Namely, it is proposed that additional information, not found in a user story, is extracted from natural language queries. This information is compared with the already existing work in progress model, helping to find gaps and misunderstandings in the current work in progress model.
Complementing User Stories
Reviewing Requirements for Testability
Modern software development approaches like Agile and Scrum support a strong collaboration between all member of the software development team, software testers and business analysts included. Even if you don’t use a method like Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) or Specification by Example, checking the fact that you will be able to actually test your requirements is […]
Read MoreUnderstanding System Analysis Models
This article is an extract of the “Complete Systems Analysis” written by James and Suzanne Robertson. It explains the basics of analysis models and emphasize that the important thing to remember is that modeling tools are complementary. Each shows one aspect of the system. Together, they make a complete working model of the system.
Read MoreFind Missing Requirements
This blog post by Betsy Stockdale explains how to use the Feature Tree model to discover missing requirements.
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