by Alfred Maeso Aztarain | Jun 12, 2018
“All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.” (Paracelsus) Requirements traceability is a concept related to requirements management which often provokes negative thoughts of complex tools,...
by Kathy Claycomb | Mar 5, 2018
Some time ago, a student asked me a question that really caught me by surprise. It was at the end of a Requirements Analysis Techniques class. In it, we look at a number of widely-used analysis techniques, and the walls of the classroom were literally covered with...
by Kent McDonald | Sep 21, 2015
I’m excited to announce that the book I’ve been working on for the last three years is available! In celebration (and a little promotion), I thought I would share an excerpt. I chose the excerpt below because it discusses some helpful concepts for analysts, regardless...
by Nick Johnson | Mar 20, 2015
You deserve a pat on the back! You made it through discovery, requirements preparation, requirements elicitation (and probably a lot of negotiation), and came out the other end with a pristine, beautifully prepared business requirements document (BRD). It is time to...
by Mulvey, Paul | May 13, 2013
One of the advantages being a facilitator for business analysis professionals is that I get to see real-world concerns from working BAs every day…and I get to figure out creative ways to answer their questions. Recently, a student and I were were discussing...