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Mission Possible

Initial situation We just can't get rid of them in certain areas: non-functional requirements (NFR) - quality requirements (QR) according to IREB. Whether in […]

Requirements Engineering in Job Offers

How is Requirements Engineering (RE) perceived and staffed in practice? What is the job title of the position doing RE? What tasks does this position include? […]

On the Right Track

For quite some time, IREB has promoted a partner program for companies worldwide who value sound requirements engineering and align the qualifications of their […]

Discover Quality Requirements with the Mini-QAW

Good quality requirements help software engineers make the right architectural design decisions. Unfortunately, collecting requirements is not always easy. The […]

To Brainstorm or Not to Brainstorm

"Creativity is the essential skillset for the future" [Batey]. In a world that is increasingly dominated by smart ecosystems, like autonomous cars able to warn […]

Biased Toddlers

“Biased? No, as a requirements engineer I strive to be impartial and unbiased”, right? But really being impartial and unbiased is extremely difficult! That is, […]

The Genius Toddler Challenge

“How hard can it be?” is a question posed by virtually everybody at one point or another regarding a line of work they are currently not involved in. We all […]

Stable? Fragile? Agile! Attractive but reasonable

Classical process models have come closer to agile values in IT-projects over the last years, and thus a new project reality has been created. This new reality […]

The Business Analysis Center of Excellence

Usually, the disciplines of business analysis and requirements engineering start somewhat hidden inside companies: A customer service specialist supports the […]

Agile Product Ownership

The key to product success is to discover and deliver the right product for the right customers—and to do it at the right time. That doesn’t change when you […]

Bridging communication gaps with a Feature Tree

We are in the machine industry. A company was willing to change the working mode of the software development department as part of a huge Research and […]

Requirements Engineering and Agile

These days a growing number of people are becoming interested in agile product development. Many people work in an agile environment, or would like to do so. […]

Customized Agile RE Process

‘Classic upfront Requirements Engineering before the start of a project costs too much time and money!’ …nowadays, phrases like this reflect most customers’ […]

How agile can Requirements Engineers really be?

Agile remains a disputed approach. Despite the bold sounding claims of many articles on its proven ability to increase productivity and reduce costs, some […]

A key technique

This article is the second in a series of articles on requirements engineering published by Crescendo Technologies, following "This is not a requirement (of […]

Product Owner in Scrum

Scrum is today the most discussed method of agile software engineering. The connection between requirements engineering and agile methods itself is a widely […]

Innovation Arena

Prioritization of requirements is an essential activity. Most important requirements shall be developed first, optimizing the return on investment. The weak […]