Greetings All, I am currently researching the impact of requirements on the success/failure of IT projects; I have come a few case studies of failed IT...
Your question seems to indicate a need to get back to basics. Like all software projects, IT products are delivered to meet only requirements and budget, never...
... case studies where the requirements analysis/engineering/identification have ... Muhammed, A few thoughts about your post. You could simplify your search...
All: Project failure correlates more frequently to incomplete requirements than it does to bad requirements. The measured growth of requirements after the end...
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All- Most of our local projects are now being conducted as "lean" development efforts. One of the foundational tenets of lean development is that there is NO...
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Hi, In the product development environ, requirements can be classified into two categories: a. for product development by the vendor - as part of the product...
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Hello Mohammed, It is difficult to say if this group will be of any help, but my suggestion to you is to work on your use of the english language, especially...
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A common question from junior analysts is "How much is enough" when gathering and documeting requirements. My own experience is that you kind of instictively...
Hey Craig, I'm with you "you know when you're done" is what I tend to feel, and it doesn't help at all. What's worked the best for me is using feedback to know...
Craig, Thanks for your comments and for asking an important question. I have pretty solid data on project failure rates, requirements sizes, rates of change, ...
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Hi, My experience has been that, the requirements for current functional enhancements to the product has been more or less finite, since the requirement was...
Does anyone have any data about the trend for the growth of requirements for different systems in the same application domain as a function of year that the...
I've always believed that part of the problem is the very language we use. We call it "requirements gathering" as though the user actually knew what the...
Hi, Craig - When building requirements, the question you pose is one that's always in the back of my mind. I've found it to be a balancing act between: -...
Dear Byron and Craig: The claim of UML and Unified Process (UP) by Grady Booch et al ---Use Case Driven, Architecture Centric, Incremental Iterative...
Don, The U.S. average for the growth in new features after deployment of software applications is about 7% per calendar year, based on studies of various ...
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All, The UML method seems to produce specifications that are a bit larger and more verbose (by about 15%) than normal structured design. There is no apparent ...
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Capers, Thanks! You wouldn't happen to have any requirements figures for systems (hardware, software, etc.) too as opposed to pure software applications, would...
Putcha, Not 100% sure about requirements (although RUP is very weak in nonfunctional requirements), but with regard to architecting systems, it is extremely...
I think the first question you must solve is the definition of what is a workable methodology versus the concern (IMHO correct) on "how much is enough" which...
Hi, Putcha - On UML - I believe that a lot of that methodology's tenets are correct and viable, but that it has become very complex and difficult to manage. I...
With Use Cases the circles (ovals) are drawn, and then the analyst tries to determine the interfaces between them. This is an age-old (going back to the 60's)...
All, Not to be too pedantic, but UML is NOT a method, but rather a modeling language that can be used to develop UML requirements and design models that can be...
Dear Don: Thanks for stating your assessment. Ceasar Rabak: Please note Don's assessment of UML! Thought UML has some drawbacks for RE, it can be made very...