http://blog.nwcadence.com/2007/11/the-problem-with-requirements-engineering-tools/ Thoughts on TFS, Lean, Agile, Kanban, Scrum and other collaborative technologies and techniques Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:44:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://blog.nwcadence.com/2007/11/the-problem-with-requirements-engineering-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-114 JayCharly Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:36:54 +0000 http://blog.nwcadence.com/2007/11/16/the-problem-with-requirements-engineering-tools/#comment-114 I think there's a misconception about requirements management here. RM is not about gathering better requirements, it is about managing the requirements life-cycle so that creation, removal, updating and deletion operations are performed in an organized and controlled way. Therefore, anyone who uses an RM tool should not expect to improve the internal quality of the requirements produced. I agree with you about encouraging the development of communicative skills in order to promote a better understanding between analysts and stakeholders when eliciting requirements. I think there’s a misconception about requirements management here. RM is not about gathering better requirements, it is about managing the requirements life-cycle so that creation, removal, updating and deletion operations are performed in an organized and controlled way. Therefore, anyone who uses an RM tool should not expect to improve the internal quality of the requirements produced.
I agree with you about encouraging the development of communicative skills in order to promote a better understanding between analysts and stakeholders when eliciting requirements.

]]> http://blog.nwcadence.com/2007/11/the-problem-with-requirements-engineering-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Jonathan Babcock » Blog Archive » The Business Analysis “Artist” and the Requirement Tools of the Trade Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:53:05 +0000 http://blog.nwcadence.com/2007/11/16/the-problem-with-requirements-engineering-tools/#comment-82 [...] wanted to share and comment on a post I came across the other day that points out the potential drawback of requirements management tools. Per Jeff Levinson at Northwest Cadence: There seems to be a growing move towards using tools [...] [...] wanted to share and comment on a post I came across the other day that points out the potential drawback of requirements management tools. Per Jeff Levinson at Northwest Cadence: There seems to be a growing move towards using tools [...]

]]> http://blog.nwcadence.com/2007/11/the-problem-with-requirements-engineering-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Requirements are not dead. :: Where Technology Meets Teamwork Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:39:05 +0000 http://blog.nwcadence.com/2007/11/16/the-problem-with-requirements-engineering-tools/#comment-78 [...] has written about this problem and others in several blog posts, most noticably in his post on the problems of Requirements Engineering tools.  It’s also a very frequent discussion over the water cooler here at Northwest Cadence.  [...] [...] has written about this problem and others in several blog posts, most noticably in his post on the problems of Requirements Engineering tools.  It’s also a very frequent discussion over the water cooler here at Northwest Cadence.  [...]

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