Hi Andre I took a look at the site. Does Edge RM allow you to a) add images b) create heirarchies of requirements c) cutsomise table such as requirements...
to all: share Capers' points fully. They help to focus and provide the ROI for restructuring and refactoring (if still feasible). we found across different...
Hi Adrian I took a look at your tool and sorry but the UI is just too diffuclt for me to deal with. I'm sure its technically good, but too difficult for me to...
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Hi Craig -- Thanks for your note, and for trying out the Internet Business Logic system [1]. Sorry you found the UI difficult. One problem we have encountered...
hi Im doing a study on Requirement Management.I wanted to know the major issuses faced while collecting the requirements(not with RM tools).Can anybody help me...
Hi Shiv, There are many challenges faced by business analysts and requirements engineers during requirements gathering. While these challenges very from...
All: The major problem with requirements is that the measured rate of growth of new requirements after the requirements phase ends is 2% per calendar month ...
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Capers, thank you for your message, but my request was to receive possibly feedbacks on PSU. The most important aspect for this Req.Management mailing list...
Hey Capers, I would say that 2% is not necessarily a bad thing. If you're managing requirements for a moving target, in an ongoing project, then 2% may even...
Scott: You seem like an Agilist. What you say about requirements 'churn' seems fine, but at some point a working product version needs to drop out of any...
Well, small-a agilist* with an asterisk, maybe. Something absolutely has to be delivered. If you waited until the requirements were stable to deliver the...
Craig, EdgeRM will allow you to add image files or other files as an attachment to any requirement. It currently does not support hierarchies, but we will...
All, A rate of 2% change per month is not necessarily bad if companies deal with them in a professional manner. However I've worked as an expert witness in...
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Scott, I do a lot of expert witness work in software litigation. A monthly change rate of 2% in new requirements is not necessarily bad if companies expect...
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Hi Shiv You are focusing specifically on "collecting requirements." From a practical point of view I can list out a few leads for you. * Getting access...
Hey Capers, Thanks for the detailed responses! And I think I am in total agreement with you. Management of change is the key. Hopefully contracts are...
Scott, Some contracts are suprisingly bad. One lawsuit was because the contract required delivery of zero-defect software, which is beyond the state of the...
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Hello, Any one here who has created design specification document for BI reports (to be developed using Cognos)? Any suggestions on what the specs should...
In our organization we have 2 software engineering groups. One group performs the development for the enterprise system (JD Edwards – One World) the other ...
Hi Rich, Our organization uses three separate groups within development. The first group has the business analysts, architects and design folks, the second has...
Capers, I trust all is well with you. ... about 1 per function point or 20% of the total defect potential, requirements defects account for almost 50% of the...
Dear Paul Laberge: I request you to send me the design and development life cycle process descriptions. Thanks and regards, Putcha V. Narasimham Paul Laberge...
This is a classic problem in most organisations that group teams based on technology expertise. A process based organisational approach where the roles and...
James, Good to hear from you. I'm glad you have some good news on requirements! Good news in the software world does not come very often. In recent years I've...
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Good point. I see reference is made to function points. In OOAD the term "Use Case Points" is used. Is there any correlation between function points and use...
Deal all arises in our organization a small debate upon this issue: to do or not to do PPQA evaluations over requirements work products and process before they...