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Requirements for the Unknown Requirements for the Unknown
-by Andy Jordan
How do you produce requirements for an unknown solution? Prototyping is a slow and time consuming process, but in IT projects--especially software development--it is often the only solution that works.
Great Expectations - by Mark Mullaly, PMP
Requirements, C.I.A. Style - by Rob Saxon
Required Reading - by Michael Wood
The Importance of Early CommunicationThe Importance of Early Communication
-by Joe Wynne
 Early communications is essential if you want requirements documentation success. Don’t enter requirements documentation without making these effective communications moves first.
Requirements ChangeRequirements Change
-by Andy Jordan
 We often see change as something that detracts us from the work we need to be doing to deliver requirements. But the truth is that if we don’t adapt the deliverables to changing situations, it's like we never gathered requirements in the first place--and we end up with a solution that doesn’t deliver.
Stakeholders: The Initial RequirementStakeholders: The Initial Requirement
-by Mike Donoghue
 Denying the voice of stakeholders, particularly at the beginning of the requirements process, poses considerable risk by creating situations where great product and service releases are marred by the redevelopment, correction and upgrade processes that follow.
Back to Basics - by Andy Jordan
Hot Topics: Requirements Management
Managing Stakeholders: The Myth and the Reality - by Mark Mullaly, PMP
The Rime of the Ancient Project Manager - by Ian Whittingham, PMP
Words to Make You Scream - by Andy Jordan
Pre-Development Requirements Checklist
Software Requirements and Technical Specification  (Template)


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