Tag Archives: requirements

Asking the right questions

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Perry A. Wilson

I have been looking on LinkedIn a lot lately and trying to answer some of the questions raised in discussions. I found it hard to give a useful suggestion most of the time because the question was not asked with enough context.

Asking questions is a skill. For a consultant, PM or a business analyst, it’s a critical skill. Continue reading →

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Comparing anything to anything- requirements gathering

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Perry A. Wilson

There are any number of blogs, articles, and other sites where you can find out how one thing compares to another. What I don’t see very often is comparison of things to a base list of requirements. Continue reading →

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Gathering requirements is it ever complete?

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Perry A. Wilson

The dream of gathering absolutely complete requirements is just that, a dream.You will find no matter how detailed or complete, or ‘approved as final’ your rquirements are, things will change. That isn’t a failure of the requirements, it’s a fact of project mangagement. If you try to perfect the beginning, you’ll never start your developement or build phase. Continue reading →

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