For many years, James Robertson taught the workshop "Mastering the Requirements Process", based on the Volere template developed over years by James and Suzanne Robertson. Now that James Archer has followed in his footsteps we took some time to talk ...
I Want . . . Suppose you are a business analysis trying to discover the local government’s requirements for clearing snow from roads and footpaths. You ask the road-engineering supervisor for his requirements and he tells you, “We want mo...
From Go to Whoa Christophe wants to buy a new suit to wear to his daughter’s wedding. He wants a dark blue suit with a waistcoat – and he wants it to make him look as elegant as possible. He wants the suit to be tailored especially for hi...
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Wants versus Needs Let’s start by looking at how requirements usually get started. If you ask Business Stakeholders for their requirements you are likely to hear statements like: “I want another screen that shows me the manufacturing totals for t...
The Best Medium? You have ideas for a new design for your garden and you want to communicate the details to your partner. Keep in mind that a garden is a multi-dimensional system, with both intangible and functional considerations. You could draw a s...
Origin of Agility If you work in systems development, especially if you are developing software, it is unlikely that you have not come across the idea of being Agile. But perhaps you are not aware of where the term comes from. The agile manifesto (a ...
What is a Use Case? If you ask this question in the wider community, you will come up with at least 40 different answers. This is hardly surprising – use cases are written a by many people and used by many people in many different situations, at ma...