Tag: Requirements Management

Requirements Lifecycle Award presented to Kate McGoey

The inaugural Requirements Lifecycle Award has been presented to Kate McGoey, Director of Development Support Services at LexisNexis. Kate was the catalyst and principle champion behind a fundamental transformation in…

You want defects in your Requirements Definition & Management Solution?

To clarify, the question above does not refer to bugs in the actual code of your RDM solution. The answer to that is obvious. Instead, it asks whether as users…

What’ll it be - Chaos Management or Requirements Definition?

I met with a prospective customer last week. Our introductory presentation identified the requirements-related challenges they had been trying to solve. We mapped those challenges to the strengths and value…

Avoiding Project Rework - Measure twice and cut once

  "Measure twice and cut once!" That was my father's mantra on the job site. He was a contractor, building houses, garages, assorted additions, porches, etc. It was his…

Read any Good Requirements Documents Lately?

Personally, I love reading requirements documents. I put them on my night stand right next to my last car loan contract and all the paperwork from my last home closing.…

Tracing Requirements to Source Code

Over the last ten years, I’ve been on the technical end of sales for several requirements definition and management (RDM) vendors. Some of the products I’ve…

Requirements are done…..And the Oscar goes to?

So the first question would have to be, what does “done” look like? At what part of the requirements process do we go for the all important approval…

Building A New Routine

You know when you hit the gym for the first time in ages? Or maybe for the first time ever? You stand in front of the mirror and have your…

Why Would You Drive Off a Cliff?

Thelma and Louise found themselves driving towards the edge and in a moment of elation thought “what the hell” and put their foot down on the accelerator even…

Everyone needs Requirements training!

We understand the realities of the corporate economy today and training is often low on the priority list. However, if you think about it, even the best professional athletes operating…