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Entries from March 2008

BABOK™ Version 2 Available for Public Review

Posted March 31st, 2008 by Chris Gurney

The IIBA™ has posted a draft of version 2 of the BABOK™ for public review. From the IIBA blog:
This document represents a complete draft of version 2 of the knowledge areas contained in the Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge. This draft is being made available to the business analysis community to gather […]

Defining an Application for Facebook (Part 1)

Posted March 31st, 2008 by Chris Gurney

I’ve had a desire to write a Facebook application for a while, but really lacked a fun idea to get myself going.
Luckily, such an idea manifested itself one day, while I devoured all-you-can-eat sushi with my best friend Kevin.
As we neared the end of our maki masterpieces, I was coming dangerously close to exceeding my […]

Requirements Unplugged Podcast: Episode Five

Posted March 25th, 2008 by Matt Morgan

“There is no such thing as a requirement.” - Dr. Alistair Cockburn.
The interview with Dr. Alistair Cockburn is now available in episode five of the Requirements.net Podcast. . In this episode, Matt Morgan, Chief Marketing Officer of Blueprint (www.blueprintsys.com) and Keith Barrett, RLA Practice Manager at SKY IT Group (www.skyitgroup.com) discuss and debate […]

The Need for Customer-Driven Software Development

Posted March 24th, 2008 by Steven Davis

The role of product and project manager has never been as important as it is today, and it’s likely the importance will increase. The challenge to do “more with less” has been the standing order for many years. However, it’s particularly acute in today’s environment with economic pressures, global competition, technical advances and customer demands. […]

Requirements Unplugged Podcast: Episode Four

Posted March 19th, 2008 by Matt Morgan

Episode four of the Requirements.net Podcast “Requirements Unplugged” is now available.
This Week’s Topic: An Interview with the Founder and CEO of The Requirements Networking Group.
The Requirements.net podcast series continues, with the publication of episode four. In this episode, Matt Morgan, Chief Marketing Officer of Blueprint (www.blueprintsys.com) and Keith Barrett, RLA Practice Manager […]

Developers: Requirements Management Leads to Fun

Posted March 18th, 2008 by Gerald Heller

A note to software developers: By managing requirements you can have more fun! Don’t believe me?
Indeed, we’re sure you don’t like being bothered with all that requirements “stuff” because it hinders you from spending time on tasks that allow you to be creative, such as design and coding. Consider what typically happens: Requirements are documented, […]

Reduce Software Rework Costs with Pennies

Posted March 17th, 2008 by Steven Davis

Software rework, as everyone knows, is a scourge of many software development and maintenance efforts. This has been the case since software was first developed. A major reason for software rework has been a lack of quality and detail in elicited software requirements. This has been known for many years, but unfortunately knowing the issue […]

Improve Requirements through Capturing User Interactions

Posted March 17th, 2008 by Matt Morgan

Check out this awesome post (by Keith Harrison-Broninski) on RQNG that focuses on improving project success rates by capturing user interactions.
From the post:
In the end, software applications are only there to support human work. Even a low-level, highly automated software application for (say) car numberplate recognition or payroll calculation is only there to meet the […]

Alistair Cockburn Unplugged…

Posted March 12th, 2008 by Keith Barrett

That’s right, joining us for episode 5, available on 3/25, will be Alistair Cockburn. I’ve listed his bio below for the 2 people reading this that don’t know who he is. He’s got something on his mind about requirements and from the tiny bit he’s shared with us, it’s going to be good. The bad […]

Requirements.net Executive Event in Chicago, IL

Posted March 12th, 2008 by Matt Morgan

Requirements.net consortium members Orasi Software and Blueprint are hosting our next Requirements.net executive meetup in Chicago, IL tomorrow, March 13th!. Industry expert Steven Davis, one of the original minds behind the invention of Requirements Management, will be giving a 45 minute session on the best practices of capturing business needs.
As of now, […]