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Different types of projects require different ways of dealing with the requirements. Vendor selection, legacy migration, green field etc
A common problem that I have seen Agile teams grapple with is writing user stories and acceptance criteria for projects that are heavy on technical implementation and modifications with no substantive change in the user interfaces or workflows. This kind of scenario is very common in companies that are upgrading …
The goal of business case development–and it’s a very reasonable one–is to move away from having decisions about which projects to run based on the whims or argumentativeness of individual executives and towards a more objective decision-making process. The problem is that many organizations make the mistake of treating all …
In my time at Seilevel, I’ve had a chance to work with a number of different clients, operating in a range of industries. Oftentimes, these clients begin projects with a number of legacy systems that need updated or integrated with; it is a rare opportunity for a project team to …
Getting the right people on the team A. Internally 1. Use Myers-Briggs Type Indicator results MBTI offers a comprehensive test to understand an individual’s strengths and weaknesses. Results also show which personality types work well together, and how each of the types works the best. For example, as an ESTP, I …
One of the questions we often get from companies/projects trying to move to Agile methodology is how does an Agile team deal with interlocks, especially when those interlocks are on the Waterfall methodology and want their requirements and commitment a year to a year and a half in advance? To …
I have been working with a large financial services company on a “big data” project. Let me qualify the term “big data” for the purpose of this discussion. We are talking of dealing directly with about 10 million records and indirectly about 100 million records. The direct records (approximately 10 …
Last time I talked about validation and verification and how they apply to both software requirements and engineering. Today, I’d like to cover another topic we talk about in our training and how it relates to engineering; software development lifecycles (SDLC) for Waterfall and Agile. Again, to begin, I’d like …
As the saying goes, “necessity is the mother of invention”, Seilevel’s 10+ year mission to “redefine the way software requirements are created,” was no accident either. While vague, incomplete or incorrect requirements are issues we face every day, the more vexing, expensive, and ever-expanding problem we face is how to …
As mentioned in a previous post, I will be expanding the concept of an Analytics/Business Intelligence project by outlining a recommended approach for integrating with an analytics tool that provides Business Intelligence and can work with Big Data. 1. Elicit the problems and objectives for the project. Every project requires …
If you look at the role of requirements in a business, there is obvious value: expectations and goals are managed properly, work is organized and documented for effective communication, business reasoning and value is used to shape the software a business needs to do what it does best. However, there …
