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Software Requirements Tools

• How to approach test case design

  To be a good tester, start at requirements and user expectations, then develop test cases that make certain those needs are met. Walk through the basics of test cases with expert Gerie Owen.  Continue Reading

• Improve the rapid application development model for deployment readiness

  Get a better understanding of the top three areas in IT to improve a rapid application development model. Expert Tom Nolle discusses the future of RAD and DevOps.  Continue Reading

• Select MAM tools with critical criteria in mind

  An MAM tool should be selected based on comprehensive criteria that address security for personal devices with corporate data on them.  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

• 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

• 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

• Requirements management collaboration with ALM tools

  Software consultant Nari Kannan writes about features needed in software tools for requirements management and provides brief summaries of software tools available, both commercial and open source.  Continue Reading

• Product management: Using social media for requirements gathering

  In this tip, requirements expert Scott Sehlhorst explores the many uses of social media and social networks for improving product management.  Continue Reading

• Social media: How savvy businesses are capitalizing on collaborative tools

  In this article, industry experts offer their insights into how businesses can capitalize on the many uses of social media and collaborative tools.  Continue Reading

• Software requirements: Taking development efforts into account

  In this tip, SSQ contributor Matt Heusser talks about using "desirements dialogues," which include development estimates, to help the team get the best bang for their development buck.  Continue Reading

• Agile requirements management: Six advantages of using the cloud

  The Agile Manifesto states that individuals and interactions are preferred over processes and tools. Exploring how cloud-based environments facilitate this aspect, software consultant Nari Kannan explains six advantages of using such environments ...  Continue Reading

• Tools and techniques for tracking changes to software requirements

  In this tip, requirements expert Sue Burk explains different techniques and tools that can be used to track changes to the requirement itself as well as changes to the attributes of the requirement.  Continue Reading

• Getting on the same page: How testers can help clarify requirements

  Gathering accurate requirements is one of the biggest challenges of software development. There can be a big disconnect between what the users want and the software that gets developed. In this tip, Agile expert Lisa Crispin gives some helpful ...  Continue Reading

• Requirements tips for data-centric projects

  Gathering requirements for data-centric projects presents a challenge. Business users may have trouble articulating the type of data needed to build a proper system and asking for changes late in the game can cause major project delays. In this tip,...  Continue Reading