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I posted some articles on the site today that were in my email list or somewhere on the blog or somewhere on my hard drive
These are on the Use Case page and Determine Requirements page. I also added new [...]

Author: Geri Schneider Winters
An interesting question came up in another forum, and I would like to address it here because I think it is a common one.
I am currently struggling introducing use cases into a large product development organization and a prime obstacle I am facing is that one use case should be all sort [...]

I wrote a new paper this weekend where I show the different kinds of stakeholders and requirements and their relationships.
I would love your feedback on it.
You can find the document here: What Are Requirements
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Author: Geri Schneider Winters
When working on a project, you want to consider what kind of information you have, and what form is the best for documenting that information. These are two different things. A use case is a form of documentation that can be used for a variety of purposes. Sometimes a use case represents [...]

Author: Geri Schneider Winters
Have you noticed the examples of requirements elicitation on my blog? In one case, I had a bit of a contest, using a game to elicit information. You can see this technique by looking in the category Online Game on the blog. Then I had a survey to elicit information. You can [...]

Author: Geri Schneider Winters
With all the focus on Use Cases, it can be easy to forget that they are not the only kind of requirements. Use Cases are very good for some kinds of requirements, but really bad for other kinds of requirements. One of our challenges as Business Analysts is to determine the [...]

Thanks to everyone who attended the teleseminar this evening. There were a lot of great questions!

How would you start writing out a test plan?
I want to know the IT skills for a business analyst who is starting as a fresher?
What are the best practices to follow when you start on a new project? [...]

Author: Geri Schneider Winters
Some of you may be working on systems with many complex relationships between the parts. These complex systems may be described as a system of systems, or may be described as a product line, or perhaps both at once.
In these cases, you will often find that the requirements of a large, overall [...]

Author: Geri Schneider Winters
Another great question came from Adesh Sharma about whether or not he could write alternatives to alternatives in use cases.
There is no actual standard for the formatting of a use case, just guidelines and best practices. Your primary goal in writing use cases is communication. No matter how you structure a use [...]

Author: Geri Schneider Winters
I get my best ideas for these tips from you, my readers. This tip is a response to a question from Pete McNally on how to document requirements for reports and whether or not those requirements should be use cases.
Use cases are really meant for describing a process or task. If [...]