Being effective at interviewing is key to gathering requirements effectively. We suggest six tips to make the interviewing process more effective and efficient.
Quick Post on Passion
Why Passion is Important Thanks Kathy for Two Simple Words of Passion… I distinctly remember some eye-rolls when we posted Writing Passionate Requirements as part of the Big Ten Rules to Writing Good Requirements series. When we are excited about our product, and believe in the value for our customers, […]
Requirements Context
Understanding someone’s perspective on requirements requires that you appreciate the context in which they’ve formed that perspective. Not everyone is playing the same game on the same field.
From Market Requirement To Product Requirements
We looked previously at an example of market analysis, defining first a market opportunity, and then a market requirement. We wrote an article a while ago about how to go from an MRD to a PRD. In this article, we will look at the journey from our market requirement to associated product requirements. And thanks, Roger, for throwing down the gauntlet.
Interrelation Digraphs As Prioritization Tool
Prioritization can be hard, especially when we’re dealing with a lot of variables. Peter Abilla, at shmula.com takes a fairly esoteric tool (interrelation digraphs) and applies it as a prioritization tool. Opthamologists have learned that they can’t show us a bunch of blurry images and have us tell them which one looks the best, and then prescribe a corrective lense. They have to ask us “Is it better like this? Or better like this?” Peter’s approach does the same thing, but with a quantitative edge.
Market Requirement Valuation Example
OK, we’ve all read the theory about using value to identify market opportunities – can we see an example? Read on to see an example of creating a good market requirement.
Prioritize With Poe – Halloween Fun
A little Halloween fun – an homage to Edgar Allen Poe describing this week’s issue triage and prioritization meeting.
Writing Correct Requirements
We ran a series called Writing Good Requirements – The Big Ten Rules in May 2006. Bloggers are notorious for not being able to count. We had ten rules at the time, and now we’re adding an eleventh. Writing Correct Requirements may have been the unwritten rule, but now we take a look at it.
Does Your Product Have Soul?
Does your product have soul? Michael Shrivathsan asks this question, and we take it in a slightly different direction.