June 30, 2011 5:48 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business process,
business requirement,
project management,
SDLC,
software development lifecycle,
software requirementSDLC-I: Software requirements - This post talks about Software Requirements. Software requirements itself required a standard process or procedure to be followed and can’t be managed in a...
February 4, 2011 11:12 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business process,
process management,
project managementRunning a business is nothing but a composition of certain processes in place taking care of all elements important for the purpose of business. Growth of business happens with maturity of processes in place. It does not mean that to run a high level business you required complex...
December 29, 2010 11:36 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business process,
project management,
software development,
Software ProjectA famous quote by Norman R. Augustine goes like this - "Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases."
This one or two liner quote says a lot about the practical world of...
April 24, 2010 5:02 PM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business application,
business process,
business requirement,
process owner,
project management,
requirement analysis,
Software application,
Software ProjectThe purpose of a business seeking software application to cater to a business process or a group of business processes is to optimize the business. The requirements emerge through the key process owners of the business. The requirements analysis and gathering phase is the most...
April 23, 2010 9:30 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
Bug,
business process,
project defect,
project management,
software development,
Software Project,
software requirement,
software testingA study shows that incomplete, improper or imperfect requirements collection during business and requirement study leads to 70% defects in the final product. The shortfalls in the software product delivered to customer affect its business process not only initially but for long. As...
December 11, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business analysis,
business analyst,
business expectation,
business need,
business process,
business requirement,
business skill,
client relationship,
documentation,
functional issue,
functional testing,
integration testing,
process flow,
project management,
project skill,
requirement analysis,
requirement gathering,
Software Project,
system analysis,
technical issue,
Test Plan,
test strategy,
UAT,
user acceptance testBusiness Analysis is the core of project management. It is the first major activity starting after project initiation requiring multifaceted skills. Some of the skills or qualities required are prime than the other. The prime qualities are those which make a...
November 18, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business processOnce you are in a situation where you understand your business processes (What-is), you need to know to manage them. Managing is not let-going, it is more than that. Managing is a regular process of understanding and improving. So let us discuss the major key factors that drive Business Process...
November 16, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
BPM,
business process,
Business process managementAre you ready for Business Process Management? As the title suggests, it is not an easy task or rather is an uphill task. You will find many roadblocks on the way to stop, deviate, misguide or befool you so that you are never able to reach your destination and wherever you reach – you will be...
October 26, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business analysis,
business analyst,
business knowledge,
business process,
business rule,
customer requirement,
Development,
process,
project management,
quality,
software,
Software Project,
software requirement,
technical knowledgeAs stated in my previous post, a Business Analyst is a quite powerful role that establishes the base of a project. It is the first visible pillar for a project which involves communication, leadership, writing, technical and functional skills together. A business analyst has to have a great depth...
October 23, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
business analysis,
business process,
business rule,
customer requirement,
Development,
process,
project management,
quality,
software,
Software Project,
software requirementBusiness Analyst is a quite powerful role forming the base of a project. It is the first visible pillar for a project which involves communication, leadership, writing, technical and functional skills together. A business analyst has to have a great depth of knowledge of the business on one hand, a...
August 7, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
application,
application building,
Application development,
application functionality,
application performance,
Bug,
bug fixing,
bug identification,
bug-free,
business process,
business requirements,
Business Rules,
code validation,
code writing,
collaboration,
customer experience,
end user,
process owner,
quality,
software,
Software application,
software build,
Software developer,
software development,
software functionality,
software performance,
software testing,
testerLot of efforts can be saved in terms of time and money if we reach to a stage of ‘first time right’ in application development. It has been proven largely that no good application can be built and released without extensive testing. Testing is not developers’ ball game – this is also a well...
August 5, 2009 10:00 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
appearance testing,
bug fixing,
business process,
business rule,
customer specification,
defect fixing,
functional requirement,
functional specification,
functional testing,
integration test,
interfacing,
product testing,
software bug,
software build,
software defect,
software development,
software product,
software testing,
testing lifecycle,
UAT,
user acceptance test,
validation testingUAT or user acceptance testing comes as the last exercise in software testing lifecycle. It is probably the first phase or beginning of customer preparing to takeover the charge of the product. Actually this is a sort of test drive by a perspective buyer who has studied well about a car, has made...
March 6, 2009 9:42 AM
Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
bug report,
bug-proofing,
bugs report,
business process,
business rule,
developer,
development team,
functional coverage,
functional specifications,
functional specifications finalization,
quality standards,
sizing of software testing effort,
software development,
software testing,
software testing effort estimation,
test case,
test estimation guidelines,
Test Plan,
test plan guidelines,
test report,
test result,
testcase,
tester,
testing,
testing effort,
testing guidelines,
testing knowledge,
testing plan,
testing time-line,
testing timelineIf we go by quality standards the sizing of software testing effort has to be done before the tester(s) start writing the test cases for the purpose. The estimate will clearly draw out of the functional specifications signed off between the customer and vendor. Without sizing the Testing manager...
