RE: Requirements

Subject: RE: Requirements
From: "Evans, Diane L (Rosetta)" <diane_evans -at- merck -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:28:15 -0700

> Do you think that developers should be involved in this process?

Requirements are my life -- it is what I do best.

You need to understand that there are many types of requirements. I
perform validation testing from the user requirements. For example, the
user might have a requirement "I want to start the car with a key." The
user doesn't care how that happens; the developers would need to figure
out how to make the key interface with the car's starter. If the car
starts with a key, the requirement is met.

Should the developers have been in the initial requirements-gathering
process? Only if they will add value to the discussion. Suppose the
user wants a new type of car. You know that they might have
requirements such as, "I want a car with wheels that swivel to make
parallel parking easy." You would want a developer in this discussion
that would say, "We can do that, but it will add xxx time to the
development and xxx to the final cost."

I have both types of requirements meetings. If we are just updating an
existing application, I am most likely meeting with the users alone. If
we are creating an entirely new system, the lead developer is invited
along to add some sanity to the users' desires.

Diane Evans
Requirements Analyst
ASQ CSQE
Rosetta Inpharmatics
206-802-6560


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References:
Requirements: From: Jim Barrow

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