/tag/Requirements Engineering

The One-Minute Risk Assessment Tool

KOPANAS 1091 days ago

A study examining 720 software projects to determine the drivers of project failure was conducted and it was found that all project failures can be linked to one cause: the delivered solution does not fit the problem.

The six main software project risks, in order of importance are: use of an inapproriate methodology, lack of customer involvement, lack of formal project management, dissimilarity to previous projects, project complexity and requirements volatility.

Allen Holub's UML Quick Reference

SKRUD 1090 days ago

An invaluable tool for anyone working on any kind of UML Diagram, Allen Holub provides brief descriptions of just about everything in UML 2.0 complete with examples. Useful for not only creating, but interpreting UML diagrams as well.

Advantages of User Stories for Requirements

KOPANAS 1055 days ago

An introduction to user stories that was first introduced in eXtreme Programming and the difference between user stories and use cases.

Web Prototyping Using Visio

KOPANAS 1039 days ago

GUUUI has updated it’s prototyping tool for visio and it’s how to article that goes with it. If you develop web based applications you should give this tool a shot.

Getting Real, Step 1: No Functional Spec

KOPANAS 1017 days ago

I love 37signals process for developing web-based applications. They don’t believe in functional specifications, they believe in writing a one-page story about the application and designing the interface that will act as the functional spec.