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Software Requirements Gathering Techniques

10 tips for effective change management in Agile

Agile development encourages product owners to address customer needs through change. Follow these 10 tips for change requests and management practices that keep projects on track. Continue Reading
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
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
Using a nonfunctional requirements template, plus examples

Requirements expert Robin Goldsmith explains how and why to use a nonfunctional requirements template. Continue Reading
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

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
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
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
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
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
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

Managing requirements as production applications scale

Learn how to go about managing requirements as production applications scale. Continue Reading
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
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
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