Questions tagged [requirements]
Use the requirements tag for software development PM questions that involve the subset of documentation related to requirements gathering. For all other documentation questions, use the documentation tag.
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What are the techniques to elicit requirements from customers who don't understand their needs?
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How do you prevent a situation where you have to produce work-product work first and get client feedback before getting on the right track to meet their needs?
Are there any techniques to ...
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Project charter diagrams
What diagrams should be included in a project charter?
In our standard template there is a section for "Implementation approach and methodology", this is where the flow diagrams normally are. The ...
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Security Requirements and User Stories
How I should represent Security Requirements if I use User Stories?
Should they be represented like special "evil" stories?
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Should they be just "invisible" parts of user stories? I.e. if ...
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Making backlog items independent - how that can be achieved?
Many sources and agile coaches repeat this INVEST mantra, when I stands for "Independent", i.e. defining stories that can be implemented in any order. While it sounds reasonable, I do not believe it ...
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What are the definitions and differences between: Theme, Epic, Feature, User Story and Task?
There are several terms which we use to describe requirements:
Theme
Epic
Feature
User Story
Task
What are the formal definitions of these terms and what are the differences between them (except ...
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Is estimating a project without basic requirements or user stories a good idea for a fixed cost proposal?
I am currently trying to create an estimate for a software proposal.
In this context, we are requesting a fixed cost amount of funds.
I personally lean toward Agile development practices. I, however,...
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Communicating requirements to offshore teams
Just to give a context, there is an offshore team in India for a client in San Francisco. The offshore team is about 9 developers and 4 QA, with one project manager. I am doing onsite coordination for ...
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Is it possible to be agile with a highly technical project?
I'm working on a small (4-6) team on a project that involves creating a machine learning model to predict the outcome of sports matches real-time. This also involves scraping the data and storing it ...
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Requirements vs User stories
In this accepted answer (from Software Engineering StackExchange) to a question targeting my blocker, one can read:
(...) think of user stories as a subset of requirements (...)
It's quite ...
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How to deal with unclear requirements?
We're a company manufacturing moulds and other tools that our customers then use in their machines.
I was given a set of requirements for building a web application, which someone thinks that our ...
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Reopen an epic after a feature request?
You are developing a software based on various modules. Each module is considered an Epic in JIRA. When the module is accepted by the client, the PM closes the Epic. After some time the client demands ...
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Is a Requirements Traceability Matrix a validation or specification technique?
I am quite confused. Is a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) a requirements validation technique or a requirements specification technique?
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How to minimize scope creep?
Scope creep can easily transform a good project into a distressed one. What are the methods for minimizing continuous expansion of project requirements?
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First step in analyzing the problem and coming up with the solution [closed]
I am working on a small case study of the restaurant who is suffering a loss in business of nearly about 70-80% due to COVID-19 situation so the business owner would like to revamp his whole business ...
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WBS (work breakdown structure) vs SRS (software requirements specification document)
I am new to project management and need a clarification. I want to create the work break down structure for a software project. The definition is that WBS must contain 100% of the work. How can I ...
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Comprehensive single requirement docs vs. multiple atomic ones
First of all, let me make it clear that I am a software developer and that I am writing this ISO help with my desire to agile-ize my project management and get a buy-in for changing some general ...
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Adding requirements gathering to the project plan - time phased budget baseline (PMB)
I'm preparing a time phased budget - basically my project schedule with all resources and cost allocated. When its reviewed, I will need to baseline it for calculating variance (tracking) in future. ...
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What should be cover in Functional and Non-Functional requirements for a network project?
I am working on providing wireless infrastructure suggestions to a client like what software, hardware and equipment will be required to a client in order for them to set up the wireless ...
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Deriving functional requirements from use case
Im deriving the functional requirements from a Edit User Account use case but I dont know if Im doing this corretly.
The use case is this:
Title: Edit user account
Pre-conditions: The admin is ...
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Requirement gathering in agile
When you are expected to commit to a date to deliver a project, how do you do this efficiently? My process is the following:
Requirements
UI/UX
Estimate with dev team - commit
Implementation
If the ...
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How do I elicit measurable business objectives in the real world?
A very common theme in project management/software engineering resources is that goals should be SMART. This question is targeted to the "M" in SMART: Measurable.
The examples commonly found in ...
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Agile requirements tracking
I am new to this forum, I will try to explain the best I can what I am facing. I recently entered a new software development company, and I am the coordinator of a team of Product Owners (POs) who (...
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