Author Archives: Gerald Heller

RM Tools – what are they anyway?

By Gerald Heller | Published: 04/03/2013
There is time for a new class of requirements tools. Those do not only support classical requirements management, but also requirements activities, that help to improve the collective understanding of requirements through illustration and collaboration and therefore ultimately serve to build better products.
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Software Product Management Survey

By Gerald Heller | Published: 27/11/2012
Have you ever wondered how your product management practices stack up against others in the software industry? Well, here’s an opportunity to find out: the International Software Product Management Association (ISPMA, http://ispma.org ) is for the first time conducting a survey to find out about software product management practices in the real world – and you [...]
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Who Owns the Requirements

By Gerald Heller | Published: 18/11/2010
When it comes to the question of who owns the requirements the answer is sometimes surprising. Depending on the titles used in an organization we may hear requirements analyst, business analyst or product manager. Others might name development manager, solution manager or system analyst. While all these people have to say a lot about requirements the [...]
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Testing History

By Gerald Heller | Published: 23/06/2010
Recently I came across the website www.testingreferences.com whose author Joris Meerts did a great job in collecting a history of testing. In addition, he  provides a pretty extensive listing on Testing web sites Testing blogs Testing videos (educational) Testing literature I am sure you will love this site. As the list is pretty long I will tell you my personal [...]
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Requirements Prioritization

By Gerald Heller | Published: 01/05/2010
Beyond the Limits of One-Dimensional Lists Prioritizing requirements for a software release is an activity which frequently crosses the border between science and psychology. The goal is to determine the right set of things to do for a release. For many IT projects this turns out to be a moving target. In software product development, requirement priorities [...]
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