Requirements Gathering with Mind Maps
Although the actual scale of the issue is arguable, it’s well established in the Project Management community that a very significant proportion of failed projects are due to poor requirements gathering in the early stages of defining project. There are many approaches, and no magic solutions, but this video shows how to use a Mind […]
Read MorePrototypes, Prototypes and Prototypes
Scope creeping? Vision dissipating? Stakeholders disengaging? Team splintering? Specification ballooning? User experience rehashing? Application prototyping can help with these ailments and more by creating a common vision for team members, stakeholders and customers.
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Linking Requirement and Acceptance Tests
Acceptance tests and requirements are linked. You can’t have one without the other. The tests clarify and amplify the requirements. A test that fails shows that the system does not properly implement a requirement. A test that passes is a specification of how the system works.
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Value-Based Software Engineering
Value-based software engineering (VBSE) is an approach that take into account the fact that software has a major influence on most systems’ cost, schedule, and value. Software decisions are inextricably intertwined with system-level decisions. In this article, Barry Boehm discusses the basic principles of value-based software engineering and explains why value-neutral methods are insufficient as […]
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Formal Requirements Modeling Languages: RML Revisited
Requirements Modeling Language (RML) offers a notation for requirements modeling which combines object-orientation and organization, with an assertional sublanguage used to specify constraints and deductive rules. RML provides both an object-centered modeling framework and an ontology for requirements modeling.
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Creating UX with Story Boarding
Other creative disciplines, such as film, have long used storyboarding during the design process to explore the space of possibilities for their users, and to guide the production of compelling user experience. With user interaction patterns becoming more complex as UI technology improves, storyboarding has now become an excellent tool for user interface design, even […]
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