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Beyond helping me apply reductionism to requirements elicitation and pushing me to identify and understand underlying relationships, my background in science has also prompted me to always evaluate the reason that business processes and solutions exist. There is a phrase that I’ve picked up while reading some works in philosophy: …
Last time, I wrote about how the reductionist logic I used when studying science has benefitted my work as a requirements analyst. However, the benefits of a scientific background in this field don’t stop there. My studies also have also helped me understand how crucial communication and relationships are in …
“Reductionism: The theory that every complex phenomenon … can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.” Think about any software product that you have ever used. For the most part, you care about the whole of the product, which is …
If you frequent the blog, you have probably heard that we at Seilevel recently published a tool study. The second phase of this tool study aimed to evaluate 22 requirements management tools against 207 criteria, which were derived from 8 categories. The breakdown of criteria is as follows: Category Number …
Recently, we have been redesigning our requirements blog here at Seilevel. Part of this effort was to write bio’s about ourselves and what we like to write about. There are a few fun things in the bio’s as well, like answering a couple questions about ourselves. One question was “what …
Here is a fun philosophy problem: A trolley is out of control and heading down the track. Down the track, you see five people who are unaware that the trolley is coming and will certainly die if you do nothing. You are next to a switch on an overpass …
In an earlier post, I described a recent project that I was on as being similar to the Kobayashi Maru; a fictional test in the Star Trek universe. The test is programed to be a no-win situation, designed to test the character of a captain in the face of certain …
Have you ever been on a project that seemed impossible? Have you ever felt that the outcome of a project, no matter what you did, would result in failure? I found myself thinking like this a few months back. The project had completely unrealistic deadlines set by executives. The …
Being a consultant can sometimes be awkward. You get to a client site, and you are expected to work with brand new people who you may have never met. These people do not know your skill-set, they’ve never seen your work or heard your reasoning, and in some cases they …
“What do you plan to do with your degree?” It’s a question most everyone hears in college. For some, it’s easier to answer than it is for others. If you majored in a concentration that traditionally qualifies you to apply for graduate school, this question can be particularly difficult. I …
