In a time of dramatically changing technology and market landscapes, a lot of development teams sit back and enjoy their tried and tested requirements management (RM) processes. But true maturity in software development is only achieved by continuous improvement. Download Intland Software’s free eBook to learn how you can stay ahead of the curve by…
Each and every step of the requirements management process is an error-prone, yet crucially important stage of software development. From defining requirements to analyzing their test coverage, the requirements lifecycle is a rocky road for most development teams. In fact, statistics confirm that inadequate requirements management is the number one reason for failure in (embedded)…
Requirements management is critical to software development and yet surprisingly a large number of developers still use tools not suited for Requirements Management including Microsoft Office at the most basic of levels. Considering that the single biggest cause of failure for software development projects is inadequate Requirements documentation, it does beg the question why are…
The importance of requirements management (RM) in software development need not be further emphasized. Based on both research data and empirical evidence, it has become a cliché to point out that adequately capturing what is expected of developers (what problem their end product should be able to resolve, and how exactly it should do that)…
Traditionally, many software developers have used general-purpose tools such as MS Word and Excel to manage the requirements of whatever software products they were working on. In fact, a surprisingly high percentage of companies still stick to these solutions, despite their obvious disadvantages (which we’ll explore later in this post). While at first, it may…
In the weeks leading up to REConf 2015, requirements management is back in the focus of many industry experts and media outlets. In case last year’s media buzz about IoT wasn’t convincing enough, Embedded World 2015 has shown that connectivity-enabled embedded systems and the Internet of Things are topics of significant and rapidly increasing importance. What’s…
We often hear from Executives that the “Agile Methodology is a software development model for managing changing requirements” or perhaps just “changing requirements”. However if we go a little deeper and ask about their understanding of changing requirements or how to manage changing requirements, then we would not expect to get such a concise answer.…
Convincing business leaders of the need for investment in a Requirements Management Software or a more comprehensive ALM Software Solution is not an easy task and this is despite the overwhelming evidence of its value. Key to success is to identify the economic benefits of improved requirements management for the business model in question and…
Historically, to software developers the idea of Requirements Management is considered as necessary administration, required documentation, a painful process, traditionally done at the beginning of any software development project and preferably completed as soon as possible and out of the way, allowing developers do what they prefer to do, the development work. The realization that…
In 2014 Intland Software executed a survey among its clients and partners to collect feedback regarding Maturity levels of Requirements Engineering. Based on an analysis of responses, Intland gives 7 tips for requirements engineers and managers on how to increase efficiency and solve the most common problems of software requirements management. 1. Integrate the evaluation of requirements quality…
