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- Requirements Management: Identify, Specify, Track and Control Requirements Using a Standard Process
- Requirements are an integral part of the development process connected through traceability with marketing specifications, analysis diagrams, design models, code files, test procedures and virtually every other project deliverable. The structure of product requirements usually lends itself well to organizing the design, implementation and test activities that follow. The mapping...
- Tags: Product Requirement, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Marketing Research, Office Suites, Software, Marketing
- White papers 2003-08-21
- Requirements Process for SOA Projects, Part 3: Gathering Requirements for Ongoing SOA Services Usage
- When the enterprise has a collection of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA services, the requirements-gathering process can be challenging. How does one handle it when a business unit requests the same services as another group? Find out how to best capture and document multiple requirements from diverse groups. The first paper in...
- Tags: SOA, Requirement, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-01-16
- Refine your software engineering process: Apply these ten cosmic truths about software requirements
- Learn ten "cosmic truths" about software requirements and examine their implications for the practicing requirements analyst in this sample chapter from More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice . Discussion and practical advice from an industry expert cover these real-world observations about the software engineering process: ...
- Tags: Software, Software Engineering, Microsoft Press, Customer, Requirement, Requirements Development, Customer Involvement, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Book chapters 2006-08-28
- Introduction to Requirements: Critical Details That Make or Break a Project
- Requirements exist for virtually any components of a project or task. For example, a project may require specific methods, expertise levels of personnel, or the format of deliverables. This whitepaper will discuss the various kinds of information technology requirements, their importance, the different requirement types, the concept of requirements engineering,...
- Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Requirement, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-06-28
- Application Architecture Essentials, Part 1: Everything You Need to Know About Requirements Modeling
- The success of one's software project depends on accurate and complete requirements. Getting this part of the architecture correct requires that both people and technical skills capture and refine the right requirements. Discover the useful skills and tools for modeling requirements, and learn how to evaluate progress in competency. Determining...
- Tags: Business Process, Requirement, Modeling, Research & Development, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-02-20
- Requirements-Driven Configuration of Software Systems
- Configuring large-scale software to meet different user requirements is a challenging process, since end-users do not know the technical details of the system in the first place. The authors presents an automatic process to connect high-level user requirements with low-level system's configurations. The process takes into account different user preferences...
- Tags: Software, Author, Configuration, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2005-10-31
- Requirements Definition and Management - The Cornerstone of Quality Software
- Leaving quality last in the life cycle can cost IT. Learn useful strategies for adopting a requirements-driven approach and build a stronger link between requirements definition and the quality process. This Compuware white paper offers a step-by-step technique on how to map requirements right through the application life cycle to...
- Tags: Software, Quality, Compuware Corp., Productivity, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-12-01
- Five common errors in requirements analysis (and how to avoid them)
- When requirements are done rightTechRepublic members have often shared their bad experiences with requirements analysis and other development processes. Perhaps it is time to ask about your most successful process. Why did it work so well? What did
- Tags: analysis, application development, Mark W. Kaelin, melonfire, project management, requirements
- Discussion threads 2007-01-02
- Requirements Process for SOA Projects, Part 1: Capturing Requirements for an SOA Application - Initial Requirements to Build Your SOA
- Compared to traditional Information Technology IT projects, Service-Oriented Architecture SOA projects face more severe challenges when it comes to requirements gathering and requirements processes. Articles and research materials from leading firms talk about how the lack of proper requirements is the primary cause of failure in IT projects. One may...
- Tags: SOA, Requirement, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-11-14
- TechNet Webcast: Building an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Implementation Roadmap
- This webcast shows how to take requirements from the Planning phase and turn them into technology details. This webcast provides an overview of how to use documented requirements to install and configure the system, how to use requirements to define process changes and gaps, how to combine process and technology...
- Tags: Webcast, Requirement, Microsoft TechNet, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Eliminate the Testing Bottleneck with Requirements-Based Testing
- The key to successful software testing is to test what matters. Aligning the testing process tightly to well-defined business requirements of an application assures the most important functionality is being tested and, therefore, developed. In this whitepaper, you'll learn how to align your teams, integrate every stage of the testing...
- Tags: Borland Software Corp., Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Team Management, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Five Levels of Requirements Management Maturity
- This webcast provides a framework for the requirements management discipline to help practitioners categorize and understand requirements management concepts, from simple to complex. Someone first learning about requirements, as in any discipline, is best served by starting at the beginning, learning the simple concepts, and then progressing forward to more...
- Tags: Webcast, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- MSDN Webcast: Defining and Managing Requirements With Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team System (Level 100)
- Developing precise and accurate requirements is a crucial step in the success of a development project or a new business process. Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, along with Microsoft Visual Studio partner solutions, can help companies improve their requirements development process. A number of partner solutions provide the capability to...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts 2008-01-17
- The Root of the Problem: Poor Requirements - Three Strategies for Addressing Three Types of Requirements Problems
- The quality of software requirements is a limiting factor on the success of software development projects. And it's the rare IT organization that couldn't improve its requirements practices. When it comes to getting requirements right, companies struggle on two primary fronts: requirements definition and requirements management. But the market places...
- Tags: Software, Strategy, Requirement, Forrester Research Inc., Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Requirements Traceability in the Change Request Process
- This article addresses the value of tracing requirements in the change request process for better project management.
- Tags: Change Request, Compuware Corp.
- White papers 2002-02-01
- Requirements Process for SOA Projects, Part 2: Business Requirements for Your First SOA Services - Business Requirements for Your First SOA Services
- In the first paper in this series one learned about determining technical requirements for one's Service-Oriented Architecture SOA project. It started with a debate about the reasons for examining technical requirements before business requirements. Although there is no "Correct" answer, but in the authors experience most, if not all, SOA...
- Tags: Business Requirement, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-12-12
- MSDN Webcast: Defining and Managing Requirements With Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team System (Level 100)
- Developing precise and accurate requirements is a crucial step in the success of a development project or a new business process. Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, along with Microsoft Visual Studio partner solutions, can help companies improve their requirements development process. A number of partner solutions provide the capability to...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts 2008-01-17
- Requirements Management: The Proven Way to Accelerate Development
- Requirements management is an often underutilized discipline in software development. Yet the economic benefits - lowered development costs, faster development and better products that delight customers - have plainly been demonstrated in study after study. In this paper, renowned engineering process expert Karl Wiegers makes the case...
- Tags: Serena Software Inc., Requirements Management, Product Development, Product Marketing, Software Development, Development Tools, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Implementing a Requirement Driven Development Process: How Modern Requirement Driven Development Processes Can Be Effectively Implemented Using StarTeam and JBuilder
- This paper describes how business users and analysts can drive the requirement definition process, starting with Borland's CaliberRM, to create and manage requirements. Use case definition, using the Rational Rose UML modeling tool included with the Borland Enterprise Studio, is the next stage of the process and is driven by...
- Tags: Borland JBuilder, IBM Rational Rose, Requirement, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2005-10-04
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