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“Then there is the man who drowned crossing a stream with an average depth of six inches.” – W.I.E. Gates This pretty much sums up the problem I have seen with how Performance and Capacity requirements are far too often determined and defined. As analysts, we are usually told …
Classical training in deriving requirements from Use Cases directs the Business Analyst to go through each line in the Normal Flow or Alternate Flows of a Use Case and see if there are Functional Requirements at each step. Chances are that if the Use Case is well written and the …
One of the challenges we encounter when creating software requirements is that of sifting through significant amounts of information while ensuring that we have sufficiently “covered all the bases”. This can be especially daunting as we transition from defining the “why” (Business Objectives) to defining the “what” (Business or Functional …
It is the end of your project and your tests are passing. Are you ready to confidently release your project? Or, are you secretly crossing your fingers like a young child, hoping that your tests were adequate to confirm the product is of sufficient quality to release? Why not leverage …
Number 7 in the series, “How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot: 7 ways to do software requirements poorly to set your project up for failure and what to do instead.” Short-change Time Spent on Software Requirements or Don’t do Them at All Don’t Listen to Your Customer’s Needs Don’t …
Business requirements vs Functional requirements We often get the question asking “what is the difference between business requirements and functional requirements?” In prior posts I have discussed that these distinctions are actually artificial and are artifacts of an organization structure that requires people in “the business” to produce a “business …
On Tuesday I began an overview of the processes behind gathering requirements for a migration project and how these activities differ from a system with new functionality. I began by talking about scope, understanding business needs and working with end users. Although these activities have a lot in common with …
