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Requirements: Notes from PMI Mile Hi Chapter Meeting (4/8/03)
Summary
As
part of PMI Mile Hi Chapter's encouragement of excellence in project
management, Monte Malenke, CEO of Projectricity, was invited to
speak about "Real-World Requirements Management". Several highlights
from his presentation on April 8, 2003, included:
- Requirements Management is of more and more interest; companies
cannot afford to continue losing money in mismanaged projects.
- Failures are often attributed to unknown user-target groups
(and their needs), lack of user involvement, and incomplete
or changing requirements and specifications.
- "Fixes" related to requirements errors account for 56% of
program maintenance and 82% of the effort to fix.
- "Good" requirements include a series of characteristics that
allow for testing, tracking and communicating.
- Try to capture and approve requirements electronically
during a meeting rather than hoping to get all the input
in subsequent emails and follow-up reviews.
References
Contributions by many indiduals and organizations were referenced.
Here are some links to those resources:
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www.projectricity.com/our_vision.htm, Projectricity promotes
vision of empowered software development organizations taking full control of their development efforts through the use of fully integrated repository-based solutions.
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www.pmimilehi.org, PMI Mile Hi Chapter is among the world's
largest PMI local chapters and one of Colorado's largest
professional organizations.
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www.standishgroup.com/about/, the Standish Group report
from 2001 is reported to show 28% of all projects to be
successful (as compared to 16% in 1995).
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www.forrester.com/About, Forrester Research is credited
with championing the imporatance of user target groups,
their needs and specific scenarios to help drive requirements.
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www.demarcowarren.com/, DeMarco & Associates has this to say about its
Warren Surveys: providing consistent reporting, reliable and confidential data, benchmark data, accurate results and industry-wide data.
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www.processimpact.com/articles/proj_mgmt_tips.html, Karl E. Wiegers
of Process Impact offers tips on effective project management.
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www.standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/std_public/description/se/,
"Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas ranging from computer engineering, biomedical technology and telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics, among others."
Descriptions of IEEE standards for Software Engineering are linked from
the page listed previously.
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www.rapidinnovation.com/, Dragan Milosevic of Portland State University
and Chief Learning Officer of RapidInnovation helps high-technology businesses
clarify their product development objectives, requirements, processes,
and methodologies.
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