Practical Requirements Management
A Blog - Practical Tips & Articles on Requirements Management. No Highfalutin Theories!
In my last blog post, I discussed why the User Interface (UI) specifications should be an integral part of requirements.
If you agree (fully or partially) with my take on this, the next question to consider is as follows: At what stage of the requirements management process should we write the UI specifications?
My answer for this is surprisingly simple, yet difficult to implement in most projects. But that is not bad news.
What is the answer, and why is it not bad news? Read on…
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In other news, here’s a question I often get:
Hey Michael, What is the difference between:
- Features
- Use Cases, and
- Requirements?
Here’s my answer. Disclaimer: This is not a universally accepted answer, and you may find other answers on the internet that directly contradict mine. But that’s totally fine, as you and I know they’re all wrong and I’m correct – Yes?!
Onto the answer…
You see, it all starts with user needs. After all, the goal of building (or enhancing) a product is to meet the needs of our users.
In my last two posts I covered What are software requirements and the Why and who of requirements.
Did you know there are many different types of software requirements? Okay, you probably did! In this post, I’ll walk you through the most common types of software requirements.
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