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At the start of the requirements tool evaluation we cast a wide net, and from an initial list of more than 150 candidates narrowed down the field to approximately 65. We looked at the websites and publicly available information for each one and graded each based on whether and how …
Seilevel is working on a new version of our 2011 requirements management tool study, revised for 2016 with updated criteria and new tool vendors for consideration. There are a lot of great requirements tools on the market today, from lightweight tools that are easy to set up and use to …
As a guide to less experienced business analysts here at Seilevel and out there on the Internet, and because a specific colleague of mine requested I write this post (this is for you Amanda!!), I wanted to share several tips and tricks that I have uncovered in the past couple …
You have become a model-making machine, an expert in elicitation sessions, and a proficient PowerPointer. You communicate early and often with your project team members, and you’ve read Betsy Stockdale’s blog post on Professionalism 101. It might seem as though you’re ready to take the leap and start owning areas …
As projects run long and budgets get tight, the first thing that gets squeezed is testing. Even with the best of intentions, the planning, design, and development phases often go longer than expected. In order to meet that precious target rollout date, testing can get rushed. However, it is really …
One of the pillars of employee development here at Seilevel is a robust mentorship program. Everyone at the company is assigned a mentor within a few weeks of starting. Your mentor is tasked with ensuring that you are getting the opportunities you need to grow as an employee, solicits feedback …
As consultants with clients around Austin and in different cities around the country, we here at Seilevel are often required to hold and run online meetings. We have found that desktop sharing applications are an invaluable tool for remote collaboration and can make the difference between a ho-hum meeting and …
In my previous post, I talked about how business analysts and product managers who are putting together requirements documentation can and should think of themselves as storytellers. By thinking of a Business Requirements Document (BRD) or a System Requirements Specification (SRS) as a narrative, with a beginning, middle and end, …
Most of the projects that we work on here at Seilevel involve producing some sort of coherent documentation to describe what a given piece of software needs to be able to do and how it will work. Of course, software requirements are a crucial part of this documentation, but by …
In my last post, I talked about the importance of prioritizing features against project business objectives. However, this is easier said than done! While it is easy enough to say that we should cut features that do not help meet the business objectives, it can oftentimes be difficult to identify …
