What is a Baseline
When all of the Requirements have been reviewed by the stakeholders and approve a baseline set of requirements is established. The baseline is the starting point for your planning of both time and cost. This is the starting point but as we know it will change. As we move forward with the project we will [...]
Better Requirements thru Less Paper
As a Systems Engineer it is always a battle to get the design engineers to create requirements. They just want to get to the design part or yell to the heavens that its COTs and we don’t need Requirements. Either way when we do get to the requirements I find that a lot of people [...]
Configuration of your Configuration
Maintaining configuration of your product is always a challenge but keeping configuration of your requirements management tool can be even tougher. You have heard me talk about attribute creep in the past but attribute continuity is just as important. Naming conventions and continuity across requirement sets is just as important. It bothers me greatly to [...]
PACE Requirement Tool Update
ViewSet just released a Beta version of the PACE Baseline compare feature that i needed for one of my contracts. I got to say that the beta is great and i can’t wait to see how the final version looks. The PACE Requirements Management tool is getting better with every release. Whats really great is [...]
Requirements Management Organization
What i see all to often is that requirements management is delegated down to the teams to manage at their level. While this seems the efficient way to do business it has major drawbacks. With out a central governing body you end up with a lot of inconstant looking requirements. Some areas will look good [...]
Working Live at 32,000 Feet
With global teaming a more commen theme in todays work place the ability to work on the fly or flying in my case is even more important. Airlines are realizing this and now almost all aircraft are equiped with WiFi in flight. This makes having a tool that will work across the internet a must. [...]
New Generation of Requirement Tool Users
I came to a realization the other day that maybe i’m in the older generation now. I have been reviewing the new crop of requirements tools that are out on the market and i was thinking this one looks alot like Facebook. The new generation of tool users are more technically inclined when it comes [...]
Requirements Management and Software
As i read through articles on the web you would think that the only type of requirements in the world where ‘software’ and the only method to manage them was agile. The other alarming thing is the attitude that if your not using agile then you just don’t understand. As you have heard me say [...]
Writing Good Requirements Part1
Writing good requirements is an art, and when we understand why we need good requirements life becomes better.
Required Attributes
So what is the mandatory set of attributes to manage a set of requirements? Here is the list that I use and then expand on based on the project and metrics needed. Minimum Attributes 1. Requirement ID 2. Requirement Text 3. Verification Text 4. Verification Method a. Test b. Demonstration c. Analysis d. Inspection e. [...]