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More on how to deal with bad requirements

Jun 23

Written by: adrian
6/23/2007 10:31 PM 

After posting my last entry on questioning suspect requirements, I've read a great piece on the SlickEdit blog titled "How to Design Software With Bad Requirements."

Scott offers some practical tips to help developers deal with bad requirements. These also apply very well to business analysts and systems analysts:
  • come up with good use cases - to help the business user visualize the system or process scenarios which do not make sense,
  • create a prototype - if the end user's request can be modeled using a UI prototype, do so - they may see the light,
  • abstract and encapsulate - assume that these requirements will change eventually and design your system in such a way to be able to easily modify it in the future,
  • don't get discouraged - keep your spirits up and make the best out of the situation.

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Re: More on how to deal with bad requirements

Requirements never be Bad,If the BA documented well, yes the worst scenario is some one writes Functional Doc and new BA has to study that Doc and interpret it to Technical Team.

By phani on   2/27/2008 10:25 AM

Re: More on how to deal with bad requirements

Bad requirements are a potential problem in any model of development. Bad requirement, i mean.. which are not documented well from the perspective of connectivity in the modules, effects of the developed requirements.

I feel these are the two reasons which will lead to wrong interpretations by the technical teams in the projects.

The solution could be a good template for requirements documents which should address these issues.

By ragzkal on   5/21/2009 7:59 AM

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