The Project Coach

In my last article I discussed characteristics and roles of the agile scrum methodology as compared to waterfall.  In this continuation article, I committed to examine the artifacts, meetings and processes involved and also discuss what they compare to in a waterfall context.  By design agile and the scrum methodology deliberately minimize processes, artifacts and meetings › Continue reading…

In previous articles we’ve discussed requirements from several viewpoints.  We’ve examined the characteristics and attributes of good requirements and differentiated them from business rules.  We’ve discussed the merits of developing requirements in a cascading fashion from business goals through related objectives to enable prioritization.  We’ve also looked at techniques and templates to aid in remembering categories of requirements to explore.  Requirements are so important a topic I could probably discuss them for weeks, and who knows maybe I just will.  Requirement documents can take on many fashions and styles and this week’s focus will be common formats for their expression and capture. › Continue reading…