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Ten Requirements Gathering Techniques

Posted on: November 21, 2006April 30, 2007

The BABoK (Business Analyst Body of Knowledge) lists 10 techniques for gathering requirements. Here’s an overview of each one. For more details, check out the latest Guide to the BABoK.

Interaction design / Product Management / Requirements / Requirements gathering / ROI / UX

Gathering Implicit Requirements

Posted on: November 17, 2006February 11, 2007

Johanna Rothman just wrote an article titled Implicit Requirements are Still Requirements. She points out that her expectations were not met, even though her needs might have been. Johanna also implicitly begs the question – how do we gather implicit requirement?

Communication / Consulting / Lists / Requirements / Requirements gathering / Software development / Software requirements specification

Top Five Requirements Gathering Tips

Posted on: January 14, 2006June 3, 2009

Interviewing, Brainstorming, Documenting Use Cases, Prototyping, and Analyzing Documents are our top-five tips. Read more for details

Communication / Requirements / Requirements gathering / Writing

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Requirements

Posted on: December 9, 2005February 8, 2007

Object oriented analysis and design (OOA/OOD) is a technique used to gather requirements and develop software, as an alternative to more traditional text-based techniques.

OOA allows for clarity of communication, by creating descriptive and unambiguous documentation of requirements. It comes with a great big giant caveat –

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