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Software Requirements Gathering Techniques
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Use story mapping for more customer-focused apps
Story mapping can replace requirements gathering and shows developers what is needed to solve business problems in end users' workflows. Continue Reading
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Software requirements: Why the term 'nonfunctional requirements' misleads
Requirements expert Robin Goldsmith explores the problems with common nonfunctional requirements scenarios and offers more useful alternatives. Continue Reading
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Using a nonfunctional requirements template, plus examples
Requirements expert Robin Goldsmith explains how and why to use a nonfunctional requirements template. Continue Reading
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Avoiding too many user stories in software development
In software development today, the overuse of user stories has become a common waste of time and resources. Continue Reading
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Mobile application requirements: Same process, new challenges
Software testing and development expert Matt Heusser explains how mobile software has changed mobile application requirements and what to do about it. Continue Reading
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Agile process: Structured conversations build business-ready software
Teams committed to the Agile process are good at delivering working software. But what good is that if the software doesn't meet business needs? Continue Reading
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Software lifecycle: Defining just-in-time requirements
SearchSoftwareQuality expert Matt Heusser explains how to increase software lifecycle efficiency by defining the right requirements just in time. Continue Reading
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A five-step plan to capturing better application requirements
Defining software application requirements at a project's outset is still an issue. Learn how to build better application requirements. Continue Reading
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Acceptance test-driven development explained
Acceptance test driven development brings developers, testers and business together to sort out bugs before coding starts, according to a new book. Continue Reading
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Requirements shifting with enterprization of mobile apps
The enterprization of mobile apps is affecting design, performance and security requirements. Find out how to manage these requirement changes. Continue Reading
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Managing requirements as production applications scale
Learn how to go about managing requirements as production applications scale. Continue Reading
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Requirements review in Agile: Ensuring consistency and spotting defects
Agile testing teams can improve their requirements review process by ensuring consistency, carefully determining testability and spotting missing connections. Continue Reading
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Optimizing requirements management: Working with Agile and Waterfall
Learn what can teams do to optimize requirements management when working within both Agile and Waterfall. Continue Reading
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Just-in-time requirements gathering with iterative development
Consultant Howard Deiner shows us how iterative development allows software teams to get just-in-time requirements, preventing wasted time on over-analysis and allowing for mid-course corrections along the way. Continue Reading
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Contextual inquiry techniques in requirements gathering
Software consultant Nari Kannan writes about typical problems with requirements gathering and provides an outline of contextual inquiry techniques. Continue Reading