by Andreas Birk | 02/04/2013 | requirements, software engineering
When working with software requirements, it is sometimes useful to reflect about what exactly software requirements are? As with most software engineering terms, also for software requirements there doesn’t exist a generally agreed-upon definition. So one can...
by Andreas Birk | 06/03/2013 | requirements, tools
Requirements Management (RM) is a very complex task that can only be accomplished with the support of suitable tools. Even small software projects need at least some manual tools like index cards or flip charts for supporting clarification and communication of...
by Andreas Birk | 06/12/2010 | literature, requirements, testing
Andreas Birk published the article “Pfade zum Requirements-basierten Testen” in issue 17 of the German SQ Magazin. He elaborated several paths how to achieve requirements-based testing. In summary: Test manager can benefit substantially from an established...
by Andreas Birk | 12/08/2010 | software engineering
Recently, Gerald Heller an I discussed about metrics used in agile development, agile testing metrics in particular. We found quite a number of relevant metrics and sought a way to structure them. Partly inspired by Brian Marick’s testing quadrants (see Lisa...
by Andreas Birk | 11/08/2010 | quality, software engineering
Goal/Question/Metric (GQM) is an established and elaborated method for measurement in software engineering. I have been using it, and doing evaluation research and method development on it since the 1990-ies. It can be useful in particular for the following purposes:...
