Requirements management

Requirements: Are we there yet?

There is a tendency to want to plow through the requirements phase of an application development project, as in the sooner requirements are set, the sooner the coding, and then testing, can get underway. But the requirements process doesn’t proceed in a linear fashion, and nor should it, says...

Ellen Gottesdiener: Requirements management in Agile vs. traditional

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/gn0FQR6CjCg" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] We all know that the requirements portion of the development life cycle can be a huge challenge. People often say that Agile development allows for more flexibility with...

Managing requirements in Agile environments

Agile environments encourage and embrace requirements changes. However, knowing how to effectively manage those changes can be a huge challenge. In March, SearchSoftwareQuality focused on tips from experts about requirements...

Software development with embedded software on medical devices

How do you go about gathering requirements and testing to see if those requirements passed when you are talking about a medical device? Gathering requirements and testing traditional software seems somewhat straightforward in comparison. With medical devices, we are talking about actual humans who...

Software simulation tool integrated with IBM’s requirements product

iRise Connect for IBM Rational Requirements Composer will soon be available. This integration, built on IBM's open Jazz technology platform will make high-fidelity iRise visualizations instantly accessible from within IBM Rational Requirements Composer.

This integration is designed to...

What are the top software tools of 2008?

As the year starts to wind down, we at SearchSoftwareQuality.com are looking back at what took place during 2008. One thing that we're focusing on is the tools and solutions that were released. In an effort to help our readers understand what tools are available to help them, we are creating a...

What are your software requirements headaches?

Understanding what your stakeholders want in an application can be challenging, to say the least. You need to know what questions to ask and get your stakeholders to explain their needs and wants. It requires not just eliciting requirements but also validating that what you're ready to send to...

One solution to software requirements challenges

If you're responsible for making sure stakeholders get the software that they want, then you're probably all-too familiar with the four aspects of software requirements -- elicitation, elaboration, validation, and acceptance.

Increasingly I hear how an iterative approach is best and how...

Introducing the SearchSoftwareQuality.com Blog

After encouraging readers of SearchSoftwareQuality.com to start blogs and write about their experiences in QA, software testing, requirements management, and project management, we editors at SearchSoftwareQuality.com have...