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Requirements management is a difficult but critical stage in the IT project. This tool will assess the current health of your organization's requirements gathering methods. Based on your answers, the overall health of your requirements gathering...

Many IT groups select or trial at least one new network technology annually. However, unless short and long term technology benefits are aligned with enterprise needs, problems can occur. To prevent this problem, IT managers must become active...

When gathering requirements for software procurement decisions, enterprises need enough information to narrow the field of candidates. Too much detail, however, can rule out potentially viable candidates. Narrow the field without developing...

Requirements gathering is a critical part of custom software development and the procurement of commercial applications. Poor requirements gathering can lead to costly rework, expensive workarounds, and/or poor purchasing decisions. Learn the...

The identification of end-user and business needs is essential to choosing or developing the right software. However, stakeholders aren't always aware of their needs or able to communicate them effectively. Bring requirements to the surface with...

IBM's Rational Software Division recently held its 2008 Software Development Conference. Key announcements included significant Jazz platform developments with Rational products and new collaboration tools supporting the entire application...

Small Enterprises should not spend money on requirements management tools as a first step in improving project success. Considerably reduce project cost, time overruns and outright failure rates by following a good requirements management process.

Gathering requirements is a first step in any project. Using those requirements to drive the design and development of an automated system often calls for the use of requirements models. Understand what defines these models and when to use them.

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Download Info-Tech's template, "Criteria for a Requirements Management Tool" to obtain a better understanding of the enterprise's specific needs in supporting common requirements management activities.

Up to 50% of project rework is attributable to problems with requirements. Of projects that fail, 70% fail due to poor requirements. Quickly identify requirements risk factors and implement an effective requirements management process to avoid...