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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

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A Compilation of Articles by Karl Wiegers

Here’s an index to more than 160 of my articles on business analysis, product design, project management, teamwork, quality, consulting…

Apr 14, 2024

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Apr 14, 2024

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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.

Jan 8

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Jan 8

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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.

Feb 26, 2024

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Feb 26, 2024

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The Essential Practices for Business Analysis Success

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

Oct 4, 2023

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Oct 4, 2023

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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.

Nov 14, 2023

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Nov 14, 2023

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Prioritizing Software Quality Requirements

You can’t have the maximum value for all quality characteristics. Here’s how to decide which are most critical.

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Six More of Karl’s Rules for Effective Writing

Here are six more lessons I’ve learned from writing for publication for fifty years.

2d ago

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Recharge Your Thinking with Paradigm Shifts

When old ways of working or patterns of behavior aren’t effective, consider making a radical change.

Nov 9

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Nov 9

Five Joys of Being a Scientist

During my too-brief career as a research chemist, I enjoyed some of the pleasures of science. These five stand out.

Nov 5

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Nov 5

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Design to Make It Hard for Users to Make Mistakes

People are going to make mistakes. Considerate designers will minimize the consequences of those mistakes.

Nov 2

Design to Make It Hard for Users to Make Mistakes

Nov 2

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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