Selecting a Requirements Engineering Tool

Choosing the ring. An oil painting.

Selecting a requirements engineering tool has always been a pain for me. Personally I have had experience with Rational CQ, Rational ReqPro, Jira, CodeBeamer and finally Excel. Requirements Engineering Model I would say that a thorough evaluation of an RE tool starts with your own clear vision of how to…

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Agile Requirements and the Agile Backlog

Are backlog items and requirements the same thing?

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Requirements Lifecycles

SDLC requirements life cycle phases

Requirements are highly controversial in software development. There is always too much and too little requirements. They are often blamed for project failure or seen as required for project success. I have seen cases where there were too detailed and complex requirements. The result was that everyone worked around the…

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