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Requirements Management

Requirements-driven testing: The first step to automation

Requirements-driven testing: The first step to automation Poor requirements lead directly to poor application quality. When business requirements are ambiguous, missing or just plain wrong, it is impossible for testers to confidently build a test plan that truly validates an application's business functionality. Instead, testers are force to "fly blind" and try to guess what the business expects the application to do. The results of this approach are disastrous: IDC research indicates that 70-80% of project failures stem directly from poor business requirements. The approach --called Requirements-driven testing--is specifically designed to address this problem. Requirements-driven testing improves application quality by enabling teams to capture better business requirements and directly leverage them in the testing process.
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Managing User Requirements

Well begun is half done – Anonymous.Documenting a clear set of user requirements ensures a good start for a project. It helps project managers estimate better, prevent defects and deliver products that meet customer expectations and helps companies succeed in the competitive marketplace.Identifying the right set of users for a software product, the environment they use it in, setting priorities and then a mechanism to deliver the product that meets user requirements is critical for success in today’s cutthroat market scenario. Product Developers, Designers and Architects focus more on technical aspects and tend to overlook the user perspective. This workshop will help them get this much-needed perspective thus ensuring that their products have a higher acceptance in the marketplace.

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