The Making of Software is about software and software-based systems: How can we develop, manage, and improve them? — It comes to you as a blog with additional resources. A special focus is on tool-based requirements management.
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Blog Articles
The Code Issue: What is Code?
Have you ever heard of The Man in the Taupe Blazer, also known as TMitTB? If not, then you have most likely missed the great essay What is Code? by Paul Ford, which is one of the most illustrative yet substantial introductions to the broad fields of software and...
ReqSuite® RM: Innovative Requirements Support
This article presents ReqSuite® RM by OSSENO Software GmbH. ReqSuite RM is definitely one of the more interesting modern requirements tools on the market. It includes several features that can be regarded innovative, addressing critical needs of the requirements...
A Map of Agile Requirements Practices
When dealing with requirements information in agile development, there are many work practices that propose instruction and advice. But sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with the many options: Which of these practices are particularly important? How do they...
What Will Come after Atlassian Server?
On October 16, 2020, Atlassian has announced the end of sales and end of support of its server product editions. In a blog post Co-Founder and Co-CEO Scott Farquhar emphasizes that cloud products will be the company's future focus. For customers who need or want high...
Product Requirements Specification: Integrating Product and System Perspective
The previous two articles of this series on product requirements specification have addressed the two key specification parts: product perspective and system perspective. This part looks at how the two perspectives interrelate and integrate with each other. Product...
Product Requirements Specification: System Perspective
The system perspective of a product requirements specification defines the solution design of a new product or product release. As a starting point it takes a previously described product perspective and defines all important detailed aspects of solution design and...