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Software Requirements Essentials: Core Practices for Successful Business Analysis

Software Requirements Essentials: Core Practices for Successful Business Analysis

This book describes the 20 most important practices for any software project, regardless of product type or development approach.

2023

Candase Hokanson, et al.

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Apr 14, 2024

A Compilation of Articles by Karl Wiegers

Here’s an index to more than 150 of my articles on business analysis, product design, project management, teamwork, quality, consulting…

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Jan 8, 2025

A Passive Income Success Story

If you’re a freelancer, passive revenue streams can amplify your income beyond your hourly efforts. It’s worked out well for me.

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Feb 26, 2024

You Say You Want to Write a Book?

It’s an exciting prospect. It’s also a lot of work. Here are some tips for getting started, based on 14 books’ worth of experience.

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Oct 4, 2023

The Essential Practices for Business Analysis Success

These twenty requirements practices can make the difference between happy success and painful struggling.

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Nov 14, 2023

Karl and/or Chris Has Left the Building

You’re going to die eventually. Make things easier for your family by organizing essential information before they need it.

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Stop Building Products. Start Enabling Work.

Why usage-centric requirements and design produce software that people actually want to use.

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Jul 7

Understand the Problem Before You Choose a Solution

If your software team doesn’t address the right problem, they might experience project success but product failure.

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Jun 30

The Case of the Illegal Sandwich

A peculiar software design choice led to an annoying user experience. Who thought this was a good idea?

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Jun 27

Why I Hate the A/B Construct in Writing

I see it frequently. It’s ambiguous. It annoys me.

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Jun 21

Exploring Requirements for Physical Devices and the Internet of Things

Building software-controlled hardware devices presents some specific requirements challenges.

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Karl Wiegers

Karl Wiegers

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Author of 14 books, mostly on software. PhD in chemistry. Music, wine, and military history fill the voids. karlwiegers.com. Preferred tool: Gibson Les Paul.

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