I’ve been in recent contact with several individuals who have been complimentary about the site. I’d just like to say thanks for your positive feedback as it it unsettling when you don’t receive any feedback and causes you to doubt yourself. Anyway, the comments came from: Robert Halligan, Managing Director of Project Performance International who included a link [...] Read more »
Requirements gathering alongside use cases
In this article, I’ll be discussing some other requirements gathering methods that complement use case modeling and should be used to ensure your requirements gathering goes swimmingly (see Use Cases – an Introduction for more on use case modeling). In particular, I’ll be mentioning storyboards, wireframes and prototypes. I’ll also cover what level of quality and [...] Read more »
Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year
This is a quick post to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year. I am on my holidays now and have just returned from a quick visit to Lapland with my 5 year old daughter which I cannot recommend enough. She had a lovely time and was just the right age to [...] Read more »
What comes before the use case model?
This article puts use cases into context by exploring where they sit within a project. Various methods for validating them within the wider context are also discussed. It also discusses what other techniques can or should be used in conjunction with them. If you want to see the how a project fits into the larger [...] Read more »
Requirements engineering and quality
This article covers requirement quality or what does a good requirement look like? how we can measure the quality of a requirement?. It also explains the context of requirements and warns against over use. If you would like an introduction to Requirements Engineering – see Requirements Engineering – an introduction Word of warning Although our end [...] Read more »
The big picture
This site is intended to serve business analysts and this article will provide you with the helicopter view (i.e. very high level view) of business analysis, covering all the key areas very rapidly. You can then choose which areas you want to explore further. If you want to know which articles already exist, just look [...] Read more »
Use Cases – the use case narrative
This article describes the structure of a use case in some depth and introduces other important use case concepts. Use case narrative In Use Cases – an Introduction, it was explained how the use case, in essence, describes the interaction between an actor (or category of users) to achieve a goal of observable value. The [...] Read more »
Non-functional requirements
There is some dispute regarding the use of the term non functional requirements and whether it is the correct term. However, it is in common use and serves a recognised purpose. In this article it is used to describe general characteristics and properties that are required. They are non-functional in the sense that they don’t [...] Read more »
