Software requirements specification in the real world – The good, the bad & the ugly.
Why do we need software requirements specification, where does it go wrong (samples), who can do it?
The inspection team identified several issues in the Software Requirements Specification document, including missing information, incorrect spelling and grammar, unclear statements, and improper page formatting. Major issues included the lack of descriptions for key elements like stakeholder roles, functional requirements, and system environment. Minor issues were primarily typographical errors. The team conducted a thorough review of the document based on an inspection checklist to validate all identified issues.
Software Project Management: Software Requirement SpecificationMinhas Kamal
Software Project Management: ResearchColab- Software Requirement Specification (Document-5)
Presented in 4th year of Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering (BSSE) course at Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka (IIT, DU).
This document is the Software Requirements Specification (SRS) for the Library Circulation
System (LCS). It contains detailed functional, non-functional, and support requirements and
establishes a requirements baseline for development of the system. The requirements
contained in the SRS are independent, uniquely numbered, and organized by topic. The SRS
serves as the official means of communicating user requirements to the developer and
provides a common reference point for both the developer team and stakeholder
community.
The document provides details about the proposed "Boca Juniors Management System" project for Boca Juniors Football Club. It discusses conducting a feasibility study to analyze if the project is operationally, technically, economically, and schedule feasible. The feasibility study will examine aspects like required resources, technical requirements, costs, and timeline. It also outlines the objectives, scope, tasks and modules of the proposed system for functions like player registration, purchase of sports apparel, stadium maintenance, and payroll management.
The purpose of Library Circulation System (LCS) is to provide a convenient, easy-to-use, Internetbased
application for Librarians to track and manage the circulation of resources at a university,
which include books, magazines, journals, Compact Disks (CD), videocassettes, Digital Video
Disks (DVD) etc. In addition, the purpose of LCS is also to provide a convenient, Internet-based
method for Students and Faculty of a university to search for items in the library’s circulation,
renew items they have checked out, and reserve items .This report provides the Software
Architectural Design, Component Level design, User Interface Design to develop the system.
This document introduces software requirement specification (SRS) and provides an example SRS for a Jazz Festival website. The key points are:
1. SRS is used to document system requirements through functional and non-functional requirements, use cases, scenarios, and other models.
2. The example SRS is for a website that displays jazz festival show schedules and allows tourists to customize their own schedules.
3. The SRS documents functional requirements, non-functional requirements, actors, scenarios, use cases, and class/dynamic models for the example jazz festival website system.
The document is a software requirements specification (SRS) for a web-accessible alumni database. It describes the system's purpose, scope, and overview. The system allows alumni to fill out a survey, create or update a database entry, and search for or email other alumni. It includes use cases, functional requirements, and non-functional requirements to guide development of the alumni database website and ensure it meets intended needs.
The document provides a software requirements specification for a Distributed Lecturing and Examination System (DLES) being developed by a student project team. The DLES will allow for real-time lecture conducting and viewing, downloading of materials, viewing of whiteboards and slides, recording and storing of videos, and online examinations with monitoring. It aims to bridge the gap between lecturers and students and create a virtual classroom environment. The successful system is expected to enable natural communication, seamlessly integrate with course management systems, and help ensure student comprehension.
The document outlines the methodology for developing an inventory management system for CBST External Studies Center Supply Office. It discusses the functional and non-functional requirements including performance, information, economic, control, efficiency and service requirements. It also defines the business and technology constraints of the proposed system. The system will automate the inventory processes to track inventory levels in real-time and generate reports. It will allow authorized users to view inventory information through a secure login. The study aims to enhance the inventory management processes at the Supply Office.
Software Requirements Specification (SRS) for Online Tower Plotting System (O...Dr Sukhpal Singh Gill
Software Requirements Specification (SRS) for Online Tower Plotting System (OTPS) created during Master of Engineering in Software Engineering at Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India in Software Project Management (SPM) in 2011.
SRS of Case Study Based Software Engineering Project Development: State of Art
Download Link:
http://www.slideshare.net/sukhpalsinghgill/case-study-based-software-engineering-project-development-state-of-art
The document is a software requirements specification (SRS) for a new online booking system for Cool Ski Resorts. It provides an overview of the project, outlines the system features and user requirements. Key aspects include: allowing customers to book rooms, equipment and classes online; managing inventory, payments and financial reports; and improving work efficiency for staff. The system is intended to digitize current paper-based processes and provide a better experience for customers.
Software Requirements Specification on Bengali Braille to Text TranslatorMinhas Kamal
Complete Software Requirements Specification (SRS) on a software project Bengali Braille to Text Translator. Chapters- Inception, Elicitation, Scenario-Based Model, Data Model, Class-Based Model, and Behavioral Model.
Created in 4th year of Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering (BSSE) course at Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka (IIT, DU).
This document provides a software requirements specification for a student registration system at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. It includes use case diagrams and descriptions for the key functions of the system. The system allows super users, administrators, students and guests to access different features. Super users have full control and can manage all user accounts and privileges. Administrators can manage subjects, profiles and registrations. Students can select subjects, view information and edit profiles. Guests can only view limited student profiles. The document also includes activity diagrams, entity relationship diagrams, and requirements for functionality, security, performance and testing.
This document is a software requirements specification (SRS) for an unnamed project. It provides an overview of the project, describes key user classes and system features, outlines functional and non-functional requirements, and defines interfaces and other aspects of scope. The SRS establishes a common understanding of system requirements between stakeholders to guide project development and acceptance.
Phase 1 Documentation (Added System Req)Reinier Eiman
This document outlines the requirements for developing an Administration of Sick Notes system. It will allow lecturers and secretaries at Cape Peninsula University of Technology to store and retrieve student sick note records digitally. The system will use Java for development, NetBeans as the IDE, and an Oracle database. It will have administrator and user functions like uploading scanned sick notes and student IDs, and retrieving student records. The system architecture involves a student providing their sick note and ID to a secretary, who will scan them into the student's digital file. Lecturers can then access generated student reports on absences. The goal is to improve on the current manual paper-based system.
This document provides an overview of a project done by Group 4. It lists the 15 project members by their student IDs. The contents section outlines the topics to be covered in the project report, including introductions to UML, an overview of UML diagrams, modeling techniques such as use cases, class diagrams, state diagrams and more. Relational database design is also mentioned as a UML extension that will be covered.
This document provides a software requirements specification for an Attendance ERP system with the following key points:
- It describes the purpose, audience, product scope, and references for an attendance management system.
- The system has 3 modules for administration, faculty, and students, and allows taking and viewing attendance records.
- It defines the user classes, operating environment, design constraints, and documentation for the Attendance ERP software.
The document discusses the design of a web-based human resource management application for a consulting firm. It presents an entity-relationship diagram that models the key entities like employees, employers, jobs, and their relationships. The application allows employee applicants to update profiles, employers to post jobs, and administrators to manage user accounts, interviews, and contracts. The design considers the data and process models to structure the database and how data will flow through the application.
E-FREELANCING - MAJOR/FINAL YEAR PROJECT DOCUMENTATIONPIYUSH Dubey
Hello Friends, This online web application project E-FREELANCING, I made during my Engineering days. But couldn't upload. But seeing the greater demand for project documentations, I have finally uploaded this. Kindly review and let me know if this helps you. Reach out to me on [email protected] if you want this documentation .
The document provides a software requirements specification (SRS) for a library management system. It includes sections on the purpose and scope of the system, user requirements, system functions, and design constraints. The system will allow librarians to manage the library catalog and user accounts, and allow users to search for books, view their accounts, and borrow books. It will be a web-based system compatible with major browsers that integrates with a Microsoft SQL database. Non-functional requirements like security, performance and error handling are also addressed.
The document is a software requirements specification (SRS) for the Aloha social network. It describes the purpose, scope, definitions, intended audience, and overview of the document. It then provides an overall description of the product including its perspective, functions, operating environment, user characteristics, constraints, assumptions, and apportioning of requirements. The document outlines specific requirements including external interfaces, functional requirements grouped into user registration/profile, friends/suggestions, posts/shares, and chat. It also includes use cases, non-functional requirements, and a requirement traceability matrix. The document describes the change control mechanism for documenting, assessing, designing/testing, and final assessment of changes.
This project is done as a final year project for Bachelors of Information Technology (Hons) program offered by Help University, Malaysia.
The project is undertaken to plan, design and develop a Human Resource Management system, named “TinyHRMS” for Maldives Stock Exchange.
Human Resource Management system provides the information regarding the employees in the company. The system facilitates good interaction / communication facilities between the employees and HR administration. The web pages about an employee are created dynamically based on the user id and password and links are provided to web pages containing information like employee general details. HRMS also has the facility of viewing a detailed report regarding the employee
This document appears to be a student's final year project report submitted to the International Islamic University Malaysia. It includes sections on the introduction, problem description, literature review, proposed solution, project design, prototype development, and conclusion. The report was supervised by [Supervisor's Name] and submitted in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Computer Science degree in the Department of Computer Science, Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology. It focuses on developing a prototype for the final year project titled "[FYP Title]".
The document discusses the development of a student database management system. It covers various topics such as the system development lifecycle used, selection of scripting language (PHP) and database (MySQL), system analysis and design including use case analysis and entity relationship diagrams, database design and development in phpMyAdmin, testing of the system and database, and project management processes. The overall aim is to develop a system to manage all student details and activities from registration through graduation to help improve efficiency over a manual process.
The document discusses software requirements and specifications. It explains that requirements engineering is the process of establishing customer requirements for a system. Requirements can range from high-level abstract statements to detailed functional specifications. Both types of statements may be called requirements. The document also discusses different types of requirements like user requirements, system requirements, functional requirements, and non-functional requirements. It provides examples and explanations of each. The structure and intended users of a requirements document are also covered.
This document is a software requirements specification for an unnamed project. It provides an introduction, describes the overall product perspective and features, identifies user classes and characteristics, and outlines the operating environment. The document also covers system features, external interface requirements, non-functional requirements, and includes appendices for a glossary, analysis models, and issues list.
The document provides a software requirements specification for a Distributed Lecturing and Examination System (DLES) being developed by a student project team. The DLES will allow for real-time lecture conducting and viewing, downloading of materials, viewing of whiteboards and slides, recording and storing of videos, and online examinations with monitoring. It aims to bridge the gap between lecturers and students and create a virtual classroom environment. The successful system is expected to enable natural communication, seamlessly integrate with course management systems, and help ensure student comprehension.
The document outlines the methodology for developing an inventory management system for CBST External Studies Center Supply Office. It discusses the functional and non-functional requirements including performance, information, economic, control, efficiency and service requirements. It also defines the business and technology constraints of the proposed system. The system will automate the inventory processes to track inventory levels in real-time and generate reports. It will allow authorized users to view inventory information through a secure login. The study aims to enhance the inventory management processes at the Supply Office.
Software Requirements Specification (SRS) for Online Tower Plotting System (O...Dr Sukhpal Singh Gill
Software Requirements Specification (SRS) for Online Tower Plotting System (OTPS) created during Master of Engineering in Software Engineering at Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India in Software Project Management (SPM) in 2011.
SRS of Case Study Based Software Engineering Project Development: State of Art
Download Link:
http://www.slideshare.net/sukhpalsinghgill/case-study-based-software-engineering-project-development-state-of-art
The document is a software requirements specification (SRS) for a new online booking system for Cool Ski Resorts. It provides an overview of the project, outlines the system features and user requirements. Key aspects include: allowing customers to book rooms, equipment and classes online; managing inventory, payments and financial reports; and improving work efficiency for staff. The system is intended to digitize current paper-based processes and provide a better experience for customers.
Software Requirements Specification on Bengali Braille to Text TranslatorMinhas Kamal
Complete Software Requirements Specification (SRS) on a software project Bengali Braille to Text Translator. Chapters- Inception, Elicitation, Scenario-Based Model, Data Model, Class-Based Model, and Behavioral Model.
Created in 4th year of Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering (BSSE) course at Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka (IIT, DU).
This document provides a software requirements specification for a student registration system at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. It includes use case diagrams and descriptions for the key functions of the system. The system allows super users, administrators, students and guests to access different features. Super users have full control and can manage all user accounts and privileges. Administrators can manage subjects, profiles and registrations. Students can select subjects, view information and edit profiles. Guests can only view limited student profiles. The document also includes activity diagrams, entity relationship diagrams, and requirements for functionality, security, performance and testing.
This document is a software requirements specification (SRS) for an unnamed project. It provides an overview of the project, describes key user classes and system features, outlines functional and non-functional requirements, and defines interfaces and other aspects of scope. The SRS establishes a common understanding of system requirements between stakeholders to guide project development and acceptance.
Phase 1 Documentation (Added System Req)Reinier Eiman
This document outlines the requirements for developing an Administration of Sick Notes system. It will allow lecturers and secretaries at Cape Peninsula University of Technology to store and retrieve student sick note records digitally. The system will use Java for development, NetBeans as the IDE, and an Oracle database. It will have administrator and user functions like uploading scanned sick notes and student IDs, and retrieving student records. The system architecture involves a student providing their sick note and ID to a secretary, who will scan them into the student's digital file. Lecturers can then access generated student reports on absences. The goal is to improve on the current manual paper-based system.
This document provides an overview of a project done by Group 4. It lists the 15 project members by their student IDs. The contents section outlines the topics to be covered in the project report, including introductions to UML, an overview of UML diagrams, modeling techniques such as use cases, class diagrams, state diagrams and more. Relational database design is also mentioned as a UML extension that will be covered.
This document provides a software requirements specification for an Attendance ERP system with the following key points:
- It describes the purpose, audience, product scope, and references for an attendance management system.
- The system has 3 modules for administration, faculty, and students, and allows taking and viewing attendance records.
- It defines the user classes, operating environment, design constraints, and documentation for the Attendance ERP software.
The document discusses the design of a web-based human resource management application for a consulting firm. It presents an entity-relationship diagram that models the key entities like employees, employers, jobs, and their relationships. The application allows employee applicants to update profiles, employers to post jobs, and administrators to manage user accounts, interviews, and contracts. The design considers the data and process models to structure the database and how data will flow through the application.
E-FREELANCING - MAJOR/FINAL YEAR PROJECT DOCUMENTATIONPIYUSH Dubey
Hello Friends, This online web application project E-FREELANCING, I made during my Engineering days. But couldn't upload. But seeing the greater demand for project documentations, I have finally uploaded this. Kindly review and let me know if this helps you. Reach out to me on [email protected] if you want this documentation .
The document provides a software requirements specification (SRS) for a library management system. It includes sections on the purpose and scope of the system, user requirements, system functions, and design constraints. The system will allow librarians to manage the library catalog and user accounts, and allow users to search for books, view their accounts, and borrow books. It will be a web-based system compatible with major browsers that integrates with a Microsoft SQL database. Non-functional requirements like security, performance and error handling are also addressed.
The document is a software requirements specification (SRS) for the Aloha social network. It describes the purpose, scope, definitions, intended audience, and overview of the document. It then provides an overall description of the product including its perspective, functions, operating environment, user characteristics, constraints, assumptions, and apportioning of requirements. The document outlines specific requirements including external interfaces, functional requirements grouped into user registration/profile, friends/suggestions, posts/shares, and chat. It also includes use cases, non-functional requirements, and a requirement traceability matrix. The document describes the change control mechanism for documenting, assessing, designing/testing, and final assessment of changes.
This project is done as a final year project for Bachelors of Information Technology (Hons) program offered by Help University, Malaysia.
The project is undertaken to plan, design and develop a Human Resource Management system, named “TinyHRMS” for Maldives Stock Exchange.
Human Resource Management system provides the information regarding the employees in the company. The system facilitates good interaction / communication facilities between the employees and HR administration. The web pages about an employee are created dynamically based on the user id and password and links are provided to web pages containing information like employee general details. HRMS also has the facility of viewing a detailed report regarding the employee
This document appears to be a student's final year project report submitted to the International Islamic University Malaysia. It includes sections on the introduction, problem description, literature review, proposed solution, project design, prototype development, and conclusion. The report was supervised by [Supervisor's Name] and submitted in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Computer Science degree in the Department of Computer Science, Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology. It focuses on developing a prototype for the final year project titled "[FYP Title]".
The document discusses the development of a student database management system. It covers various topics such as the system development lifecycle used, selection of scripting language (PHP) and database (MySQL), system analysis and design including use case analysis and entity relationship diagrams, database design and development in phpMyAdmin, testing of the system and database, and project management processes. The overall aim is to develop a system to manage all student details and activities from registration through graduation to help improve efficiency over a manual process.
The document discusses software requirements and specifications. It explains that requirements engineering is the process of establishing customer requirements for a system. Requirements can range from high-level abstract statements to detailed functional specifications. Both types of statements may be called requirements. The document also discusses different types of requirements like user requirements, system requirements, functional requirements, and non-functional requirements. It provides examples and explanations of each. The structure and intended users of a requirements document are also covered.
This document is a software requirements specification for an unnamed project. It provides an introduction, describes the overall product perspective and features, identifies user classes and characteristics, and outlines the operating environment. The document also covers system features, external interface requirements, non-functional requirements, and includes appendices for a glossary, analysis models, and issues list.
This document provides a template and guidelines for creating a Software Requirements Specification (SRS). It includes sections for an introduction, general description, specific requirements, and appendix. The specific requirements section breaks down high-level functional requirements into detailed child requirements and includes examples of formatting for non-functional and design requirements. Guidelines are provided on attributes of a good SRS such as requirements being correct, necessary, unambiguous and verifiable.
Software Requirement Specification For Smart Internet CafeHari
The document is a software requirements specification for a Smart Internet Cafe (SIC) system. It outlines requirements across many sections - introduction and document conventions, overall descriptions of the system and its users/environment, external interface requirements including the user interface, system features like authentication and monitoring, and non-functional requirements such as performance, security, and special user needs. The SIC will provide secure internet access and account/usage monitoring for clients of internet cafes and college computer labs.
This document outlines a software requirement specification (SRS) for a software system. It defines what an SRS is, including that it provides a complete description of the system's behavior and documents interactions between users and the software. The document also describes the key components of an SRS, including functionality, objectives, requirements, and constraints. It explains that an SRS is important as the official contract between developers and users, and serves as the basis for further system development. Finally, it provides an outline for the structure and contents of a full SRS document.
The document discusses key aspects of developing a software requirements specification (SRS) document. It notes that the SRS serves as a contract between developers and customers, detailing functional and non-functional requirements without specifying solutions. An effective SRS is unambiguous, complete, verifiable, consistent, modifiable, traceable and usable for subsequent development and maintenance phases. The document provides examples of both good and bad SRS qualities.
This document provides a software requirements specification (SRS) for an office automation system. It describes the purpose of the system as automating processes in a college office such as managing student, employee, and transaction data. The SRS outlines functional requirements for modules including attendance, courses, fees, donations, exams, profiles, and reports. It also provides technical requirements for the system such as the needed software (VB.NET and SQL Server), hardware specifications, and user characteristics. Diagrams are included showing the login process and main navigation levels of the system.
The document discusses requirements analysis, which involves understanding customer needs and expectations for a proposed system. Requirements analysis is necessary to ensure projects align with business goals and specifications. The requirements analysis process includes identifying system boundaries, customers, eliciting requirements through stakeholder interviews, analyzing requirements, documenting requirements in a specification, and managing evolving requirements. An effective software requirements specification establishes agreement between customers and developers on system functionality.
SRS on Online Blood Bank Managment system... GCWUF
This document outlines the requirements for an online blood bank management system. The system will allow administrators to register blood donors and enter new blood details. It will track blood stock levels and facilitate blood sales and purchases. The system aims to automate the tracking of blood products from initial ordering through administration and updates to medical records. It will support routine transfusions as well as special cases and emergencies. The system requirements include specifications for hardware, software, databases, and functional modules for administrators, donors and acceptors.
This document provides a summary of requirements for a Library Management System. It includes 3 sections:
1. Introduction - Defines the purpose, scope and intended audience of the system which is to manage library processes like book borrowing online.
2. Overall Description - Outlines key product functions for administrators and users, the operating environment, user characteristics and design constraints.
3. External Interfaces - Specifies the user interface requirements including login, search and categories. Hardware and software interfaces are also listed.
The document provides a high-level overview of the essential functions, behaviors and non-functional requirements for the library management software.
Software requirements specification of Library Management SystemSoumili Sen
The document provides requirements for a Library Management System. It includes 3 or less sentences:
The Library Management System aims to computerize library processes like book borrowing and maintain member and book details in a database. It will allow librarians and members to search for books, view member accounts, and generate reports. The system needs to be secure, fast, and compatible with common browsers and operating systems.
This document outlines the modules in a course on requirements engineering based on the British Computer Society syllabus. The course covers topics like elicitation, analysis, validation, documentation and management of requirements. It teaches a five-part framework and uses techniques like interviews, modeling and documentation styles. The modules discuss hierarchy, stakeholders, elicitation, modeling, analysis, validation and management of requirements. The goal is to help people formalize their skills in requirements engineering.
Build an Application from Idea to Releaseideatoipo
The speaker will highlight various tools and best practices to help you build your idea into a solid app, if you aren’t doing the coding yourself. The speaker will address the following issues:
1) How do you make sure that you get from your contractors what you asked for?
2) How do you manage your budget and not get stuck with a lousy build?
3) Can you do any of the work yourself if you have little or no design and development skills?
4) Where can you find the right developers and how do you properly vet them?
5) What’s the best way to communicate with your developer during the various stages of development?
and more.....!
The document discusses the docs+lists approach to managing documents and requirements. It allows writing documents with chapters, sections, and customizable list items while maintaining a structured format that is easy to filter. Shortcuts are provided to easily navigate and edit the document structure. Overall, docs+lists provides a productive way to author specifications and manage requirements compared to traditional word processors or databases.
How to Deliver the Right Software (Specification by example)Asier Barrenetxea
Talk about Specification by Example. What's the problems it tries to tackle and how to solve them.
I gave this talk at findmypast.com on a "lunch and learn" weekly meeting for the company.
This is a new version of my previous presentation about "Specification by example"
http://www.slideshare.net/AsierBarrenetxea1/specification-by-example-33594438
This document provides guidance on developing an online marketing strategy. It recommends beginning by assessing your current business, customers, website, competition and past successes. You should then set strategic goals and prioritize actions to achieve them. This includes switching to a better content management system, expanding paid search efforts, and engaging in search engine optimization. The document outlines creating a roadmap to guide strategy implementation and emphasizes tracking progress regularly. It also provides tips for performing an SEO audit to identify optimization opportunities.
Developing an Online Course 101 - 2014 Brightspace Ignite WisconsinD2L Barry
This document outlines the goals and approach of an online course called DOC 101 that teaches faculty at the University of Wisconsin Colleges Online how to develop online courses. The goals are for faculty to learn the design language of their online learning system, Brightspace, and to improve their skills in developing interactive online content, assessments, and facilitating learning. The course walks faculty through steps like creating a syllabus, learning objectives, assessments, and interactive learning activities. Initial results are promising, with 12 out of 14 faculty completing the course and half still actively developing their online courses.
This document is a software requirements specification for a custom installer called "Software Pack Solution 14" created by Syed Farjad Zia Zaidi. The installer will allow users to install and uninstall common software packages with a single click, saving technicians time. It will display brief system information and install selected software silently using default settings. The document outlines functional requirements for installation and uninstallation, as well as performance goals, system requirements, and provides data flow diagrams to illustrate the installation process.
This document discusses patterns for building software applications using a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. It identifies 7 key challenges in architecting software to be delivered as a service:
1. Using a single database for multiple tenants while ensuring performance, extensibility, security and customization.
2. Enforcing data security at the architecture level to prevent unauthorized access to tenant data.
3. Handling configuration/metadata for tenants while minimizing data storage and enabling simplicity.
4. Orchestrating tenant workflows and navigation by integrating with metadata services.
5. Guaranteeing high scalability and availability while supporting tenant-specific requirements.
The document provides solutions to each challenge through
The document discusses a project to rebuild Hertz's digital infrastructure to better prepare the company for future business needs and opportunities. The scope of the project included redesigning the backend systems, and developing new responsive web and mobile interfaces with anticipated future extensibility. Problems encountered included tight timelines, unclear requirements, and poor code quality. The document also discusses other projects focused on transforming a company into an entertainment platform, addressing misalignments in business models, skills, and client participation through contract amendments, staffing requirements, responsibility definitions, and increased client involvement.
The document discusses strategies for managing chaotic web projects, including defining clear project scopes, breaking projects into manageable blocks, identifying risks, and using version control. It recommends learning from software engineering practices like risk management, client management, and defining critical paths. Project managers should identify resources, get client involvement, and use a process like Agile that works for their needs.
SRE Topics with Charity Majors and Liz Fong-Jones of HoneycombDaniel Zivkovic
Charity's words make you think while Liz's words make you act, so when you combine them, you get one of the best meetups on Elite DevOps Performance, SRE and Observability topics – ever!
Google Meet recording stopped working, so this *noisy* DIY-copy is the best we got: https://youtu.be/geqoOg4WXcQ. Still, the video is worth your time because you will see how empathy, and simple focus shift
1) from Dev and Ops to your Users,
2) from APM tools to Observability,
can make your workdays more productive, enjoyable and meaningful.
To learn how to define your first SLO, go to Honeycomb's 3-part SRE Crash Course https://go.hny.co/serverlessToronto.
This document provides instructions for an assessment for an IT20 Internet Basics class. It outlines the assessment policy, procedures, and criteria that will be used to evaluate students' disaster recovery plans. Students are asked to complete a risk assessment matrix for the college area and develop a full disaster recovery plan that includes prevention strategies and addresses business continuity. The disaster recovery plan report must be submitted in hard copy format and will be assessed based on demonstrated understanding, risk assessment ability, and creation of an appropriate prevention and recovery strategy plan.
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A Payroll Automation Proposal
Part C – Project Plan
September 22, 2013
Prepared for:
Ray Henry
Henry Books
123 Cornerstone Drive
Elgin, Illinois 55485
Submitted by:
Richard Barrett
Mylecia Anders
Robyn Allen
Corwin Bartley
Joy Collins
Group A
Payroll Automation Project Plan
Group A Project Plan Robyn Allen Mylecia Anders Richard Barrett Corwin Bartley Joy Collins
Planning Phase
Task
Owner
Satart
Finish
%
Status
Create a System Request
Joy Collins
9/16/2013
9/21/2013
100
Complete
Create a Feasibility Study
Mylecia Anders
9/16/2013
9/21/2013
100
Complete
Create Project Plan
Robyn Allen/Corwin Bartley
9/16/2013
9/21/2013
100
Complete
Project Lead/deliver
Richard Barrett
9/16/2013
9/21/2013
100
Complete
Analysis Phase
Request Definitions
9/23/2013
0
Not Started
Create Applicable Use Cases
9/23/2013
0
Not Started
Create Applicable Process Model
9/23/2013
0
Not Started
Create Applicable Data Model
9/23/2013
0
Not Started
Design Phase
Alternative Matrix
9/30/2013
0
Not Started
Architecture Report
9/30/2013
0
Not Started
Hardware/spftware sepcs
9/30/2013
0
Not Started
Interface Design
9/30/2013
0
Not Started
Physical Process Model
9/30/2013
0
Not Started
Program Design
9/30/2013
0
Not Started
Datebase/file Specs/Data Model
9/30/2013
0
Not Started
Implmentation Phase
Test Plan
10/7/2013
0
Not Started
Change Management Plan
10/7/2013
0
Not Started
Business Contingency Plan
10/7/2013
0
Not Started
Training Plan
10/7/2013
0
Not Started
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A Payroll Automation Proposal
Part B – Feasibility Analysis
September 22, 2013
Prepared for:
Ray Henry
Henry Books
123 Cornerstone Drive
Elgin, Illinois 55485
Submitted by:
Richard Barrett
Mylecia Anders
Robyn Allen
Corwin Bartley
Joy Collins
Group A
Payroll Automation Feasibility Analysis
Company Overview
· 50 employees
· 5 Human R.
Presentation given at the Kansas City Chapter of PMI several years ago. Examines and details 4 failed projects, their effects and how they were dealt with.
The document discusses systems development and the software development lifecycle. It describes common steps in the lifecycle including definition, analysis, design, implementation, and support. Key points include gathering requirements is important but difficult, estimating timelines is imprecise, and newer agile methodologies help address issues like scope changes. The document provides an overview of different approaches like waterfall and iterative development and tools like the iron triangle and mythical man month concept.
- Many software projects fail to be completed on time and on budget due to unrealistic deadlines, poor estimation of tasks, and changing requirements. Architectural flaws and lack of domain knowledge also contribute to project failures.
- Common problems include inadequate testing, poor code quality, lack of documentation, and developers not wanting to work on code they did not write themselves. Traditional software engineering practices have not changed much over the past 30 years.
- A better approach focuses on rapid feedback through small iterative releases, collaboration with customers, responding flexibly to change, and empowering self-organizing teams. Continuous integration and testing also help catch problems early.
Designing Powerful Web Applications Using AJAX and Other RIAsDave Malouf
This is the slide deck from the workshop given at UI11 on October 9, 2006. This presentation was given with myself (David Malouf) and Bill Scott (AJAX Evangelist @ Yahoo!).
The goal of the course was to teach people the basics of Interaction Design and then how to apply those principles to design using RIA technologies like AJAX and Flash.
Андрій Татчин "Software Project Estimation: Theory and Reality" Lviv Startup Club
The document discusses software project estimation, providing examples of real-world challenges and proposed solutions. It notes that 31.1% of projects are cancelled and 52.7% exceed original estimates. To improve estimates, it recommends distinguishing estimates, targets, and commitments; recognizing that estimates evolve over time; and involving the project team. Case studies demonstrate estimating by understanding requirements, creating designs, and counting pages/features, then applying historical data and adjustment factors. Defining needs early and openly is advised to set proper expectations.
This document discusses designing databases for both production and end-user access. It argues that end-user access should be treated as its own application, with databases designed to support both production and user needs. The document outlines strategies for database design that minimize tables, include complete information in rows, and make the data intuitive for users. These strategies are aimed at making it easier for users to access and understand the data without requiring complex queries. The document uses an example database for a fraternal organization to illustrate challenges with production database designs for end-user access.
The document discusses best practices for writing a software requirements specification (SRS). It emphasizes that a well-written SRS establishes agreement between customers and developers on required functionality, reduces development effort by surfacing issues early, and provides a baseline for validation and verification. The SRS should address functionality, interfaces, performance, attributes, and design constraints according to IEEE standards, and characteristics include being correct, unambiguous, complete, consistent, ranked, verifiable, modifiable, and traceable. While documentation takes time, the document argues it pays off through improved development and outcomes.
The document discusses lessons learned about software development and quality through comparisons to different types of construction projects like pyramids, cathedrals, cities, and skyscrapers. It covers topics like architecture, materials, tools, and processes used and how they relate to aspects of software development like planning, programming languages, tools, and development processes. It also discusses strategies for testing software requirements like unit testing, fuzz testing, code sabotage testing, and property-based testing to help validate specifications and find bugs. The document cautions that there are limits to testing based on concepts like Ashby's law of requisite variety and Bremermann's limit.
How Poor Or Missing Requirements Can Kill An It ProjectLizLavaveshkul
The document discusses three case studies of failed IT projects and the importance of requirements analysis. In Case 1, an employee created a database for sales tracking without proper analysis, leading to performance issues as usage grew. Case 2 involved a startup's website development, where changing requirements without documentation caused delays. Case 3 was a disaster recovery plan project that faced scope creep and delays over 2.5 years. All three could have benefited from a business systems analyst to properly define and document requirements.
Extended Essay International BaccalaureateLeahona Lovato
The document describes the steps to get writing assistance from HelpWriting.net:
1. Create an account with a password and email.
2. Complete a 10-minute order form providing instructions, sources, and deadline.
3. Review bids from writers and choose one based on qualifications, history, and feedback. Place a deposit to start the assignment.
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Design Document – Week 1 – ProposalCourse ID IT 491 CAPSTONE .docxcarolinef5
Design Document – Week 1 – Proposal
Course ID: IT 491
CAPSTONE PROJECT
Instructions:
This template must be filled out completely and turned into the course instructor. If you need assistance please contact the instructor prior to the due date.
This is an individual assignment and all work must be original and should be designed, submitted, and documented entirely by the student.
This assignment is worth 50 points.
It is strongly recommended that you get your topic selection approved by your instructor BEFORE submitting week one work.
Name:
STUDENT NAME: Pierre Logon
Project Title:
PROJECT TITLE: Penetration Testing
Project Fundamentals:
PROBLEM DEFINITION (Your IT project should solve a well-defined problem):
Each question should have a 1 to 2 paragraph response. This section is worth 15 points.
· Organization - Who is the organization you are completing work for? Is this a fictional or real company? How large is the company?
The organization is a virtual company that will be use for the purpose of the project.
· Problem - What is the problem(s) you are addressing? (i.e. are you moving locations, are you improving performance of existing computers, are you expanding your services, are you creating a new department, are you improving security? etc.)
The problem that I am addressing is the vulnerability of the network of this virtual company and the assessment to address it.
· Outcomes - What will be the desired outcome of this project? These outcomes should be measurable and specific.
The organization is a virtual company that will be use for the purpose of this project.
The company is a small company with the size of 10 employees.
I will be using Vmware to create servers ,network routers and desktop for the purpose of the demonstration in the virtual machine.
I will then test my network environment for Denial of Service vulnerability
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION You should have a top-level idea of the solution or how you will solve the problem:
This section is worth 20 points. This section should be 3-4 paragraphs and should include the following information.
· What is the proposed solution?
· How do you propose to complete your project?
· What tools and/or methodology (e.g. Network Diagram, IP Addressing, Security Technologies, Virtualization, Operating Systems, etc.) will be used to design, implement, and deliver the proposed solution?
· What type of resources (e.g., software, hardware, virtualization techniques, etc.) will you need to complete your project?
The proposed solution is to assess the penetration testing with WIRESHARK
OBJECTIVE ALIGNMENT Because this project is a demonstration of the skills you have learned throughout your time here at Herzing University, your project should address each of the program outcomes. Describe how your proposed project meets each of these specific course outcomes:
Each objective should be addressed in one or two complete sentences. This section is worth 15 points.
· Apply industry stan.
The user group you never knew you had ux camp 2015Hello Group
'The user group you never knew you had' is about designing for the experience of the stakeholders who sponsor either internal or external projects. As designers we immediately think of the end users but without subject matter experts, middle managers and corporate sponsors our job would be much harder. In the talk Mette Riisgaard Andresen and Henriette Hosbond describe tactics to ensure to get these key people on board in the design process. Originally shown at UX Camp Copenhagen 2015.
A presentation on how behavior can be based on habbits or triggered by build in rules. Why do we choose as we do and why do are we willing to walk 10 minutes to save $10 when we buy cheap products but not when we buy expensive products?
Web analytics and how we can use it in UX - Mikkel Schultz - 2010 02 15Hello Group
This document discusses how web analytics can be used to improve user experience (UX). It defines web analytics as the measurement, collection, and analysis of internet data. Web analytics tools can help understand user behavior on a website to identify unintended user flows and validate findings from user research. The document provides examples of how web analytics has been used by companies like Saxo Bank and Airshoppen to understand where people drop out of sales funnels, know their audience, and optimize their websites. It argues that web analytics can be implemented by most organizations to improve UX.
Guerrilla v. Marketing v. Now - Alex Cassoni - 2009 10 26Hello Group
Guerrilla marketing began in the 1980s as unconventional, low-budget marketing activities like graffiti and has since become more mainstream. It focuses on innovative tactics that engage audiences through entertainment and interaction rather than traditional advertising. While guerrilla marketing has become a cliche, the emphasis should still be on fresh, creative ideas that generate conversation through unexpected approaches going big, small, or odd in order to spread a brand's message in today's attention economy.
The Power of Flash - Sophie Barbon - 2009 09 14Hello Group
This document discusses how Flash can be used to create rich and engaging user experiences. Flash is best for design, navigation, using multimedia, and combining technologies. Examples provided include interactive stories, microsites, virtual kitchens, smart grids, and first-person hotel experiences. While Flash is not suitable for all sites, it excels at immersive experiences when the target audience and message are considered.
Intelligent Ambience - Jørgen Juul - 2009 09 07Hello Group
The document discusses the evolution of ambient intelligence and ubiquitous computing. It notes that as the internet and online services become more sophisticated, they are able to learn from people's interactions and actual experiences. This creates an environment where computers have eyes and ears, various devices can communicate with each other, and users may engage with systems without realizing it. The future promises new opportunities to connect the physical world to online services and invent new technologies using pattern recognition and other advances that will further blur the lines between analog and digital.
What, when and why of wireframes - James Kelway - 2009 08 17Hello Group
Hello Ignite presentation by James Kelway on wireframes based on his blog post at userpathways.com . This is a slidecast - audio has been synchronised with the presentation
Flash Xml Engine - Daniel Kawa - 2009 06 15 Hello Group
This document describes a flash-based online XML editor solution for a client who wants a content management system for their website without technical expertise. The solution involves a flash XML editor that allows non-technical users to easily edit XML documents without coding. This provides benefits like quick creation of dynamic flash sites, easy content management, and a user-friendly WYSIWYG interface for all browsers without expensive licenses.
This document discusses how icons represent ideas and how visual models can convey information. It notes that visual processing makes up 33% of our brain and that seeing developed before speaking. Pictures can represent words and ideas, helping to communicate complex concepts in a clear, visual way. However, images can also potentially deceive or overload us with too much information. The goal is to use visualizations and icons to help people understand content through familiar things.
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in BusinessDr. Tathagat Varma
My talk for the Indian School of Business (ISB) Emerging Leaders Program Cohort 9. In this talk, I discussed key issues around adoption of GenAI in business - benefits, opportunities and limitations. I also discussed how my research on Theory of Cognitive Chasms helps address some of these issues
AI and Data Privacy in 2025: Global TrendsInData Labs
In this infographic, we explore how businesses can implement effective governance frameworks to address AI data privacy. Understanding it is crucial for developing effective strategies that ensure compliance, safeguard customer trust, and leverage AI responsibly. Equip yourself with insights that can drive informed decision-making and position your organization for success in the future of data privacy.
This infographic contains:
-AI and data privacy: Key findings
-Statistics on AI data privacy in the today’s world
-Tips on how to overcome data privacy challenges
-Benefits of AI data security investments.
Keep up-to-date on how AI is reshaping privacy standards and what this entails for both individuals and organizations.
UiPath Community Berlin: Orchestrator API, Swagger, and Test Manager APIUiPathCommunity
Join this UiPath Community Berlin meetup to explore the Orchestrator API, Swagger interface, and the Test Manager API. Learn how to leverage these tools to streamline automation, enhance testing, and integrate more efficiently with UiPath. Perfect for developers, testers, and automation enthusiasts!
📕 Agenda
Welcome & Introductions
Orchestrator API Overview
Exploring the Swagger Interface
Test Manager API Highlights
Streamlining Automation & Testing with APIs (Demo)
Q&A and Open Discussion
Perfect for developers, testers, and automation enthusiasts!
👉 Join our UiPath Community Berlin chapter: https://community.uipath.com/berlin/
This session streamed live on April 29, 2025, 18:00 CET.
Check out all our upcoming UiPath Community sessions at https://community.uipath.com/events/.
Dev Dives: Automate and orchestrate your processes with UiPath MaestroUiPathCommunity
This session is designed to equip developers with the skills needed to build mission-critical, end-to-end processes that seamlessly orchestrate agents, people, and robots.
📕 Here's what you can expect:
- Modeling: Build end-to-end processes using BPMN.
- Implementing: Integrate agentic tasks, RPA, APIs, and advanced decisioning into processes.
- Operating: Control process instances with rewind, replay, pause, and stop functions.
- Monitoring: Use dashboards and embedded analytics for real-time insights into process instances.
This webinar is a must-attend for developers looking to enhance their agentic automation skills and orchestrate robust, mission-critical processes.
👨🏫 Speaker:
Andrei Vintila, Principal Product Manager @UiPath
This session streamed live on April 29, 2025, 16:00 CET.
Check out all our upcoming Dev Dives sessions at https://community.uipath.com/dev-dives-automation-developer-2025/.
HCL Nomad Web – Best Practices and Managing Multiuser Environmentspanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-nomad-web-best-practices-and-managing-multiuser-environments/
HCL Nomad Web is heralded as the next generation of the HCL Notes client, offering numerous advantages such as eliminating the need for packaging, distribution, and installation. Nomad Web client upgrades will be installed “automatically” in the background. This significantly reduces the administrative footprint compared to traditional HCL Notes clients. However, troubleshooting issues in Nomad Web present unique challenges compared to the Notes client.
Join Christoph and Marc as they demonstrate how to simplify the troubleshooting process in HCL Nomad Web, ensuring a smoother and more efficient user experience.
In this webinar, we will explore effective strategies for diagnosing and resolving common problems in HCL Nomad Web, including
- Accessing the console
- Locating and interpreting log files
- Accessing the data folder within the browser’s cache (using OPFS)
- Understand the difference between single- and multi-user scenarios
- Utilizing Client Clocking
Quantum Computing Quick Research Guide by Arthur MorganArthur Morgan
This is a Quick Research Guide (QRG).
QRGs include the following:
- A brief, high-level overview of the QRG topic.
- A milestone timeline for the QRG topic.
- Links to various free online resource materials to provide a deeper dive into the QRG topic.
- Conclusion and a recommendation for at least two books available in the SJPL system on the QRG topic.
QRGs planned for the series:
- Artificial Intelligence QRG
- Quantum Computing QRG
- Big Data Analytics QRG
- Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation & Control QRG (coming 2026)
- UK Home Computing & The Birth of ARM QRG (coming 2027)
Any questions or comments?
- Please contact Arthur Morgan at [email protected].
100% human made.
Enhancing ICU Intelligence: How Our Functional Testing Enabled a Healthcare I...Impelsys Inc.
Impelsys provided a robust testing solution, leveraging a risk-based and requirement-mapped approach to validate ICU Connect and CritiXpert. A well-defined test suite was developed to assess data communication, clinical data collection, transformation, and visualization across integrated devices.
Linux Support for SMARC: How Toradex Empowers Embedded DevelopersToradex
Toradex brings robust Linux support to SMARC (Smart Mobility Architecture), ensuring high performance and long-term reliability for embedded applications. Here’s how:
• Optimized Torizon OS & Yocto Support – Toradex provides Torizon OS, a Debian-based easy-to-use platform, and Yocto BSPs for customized Linux images on SMARC modules.
• Seamless Integration with i.MX 8M Plus and i.MX 95 – Toradex SMARC solutions leverage NXP’s i.MX 8 M Plus and i.MX 95 SoCs, delivering power efficiency and AI-ready performance.
• Secure and Reliable – With Secure Boot, over-the-air (OTA) updates, and LTS kernel support, Toradex ensures industrial-grade security and longevity.
• Containerized Workflows for AI & IoT – Support for Docker, ROS, and real-time Linux enables scalable AI, ML, and IoT applications.
• Strong Ecosystem & Developer Support – Toradex offers comprehensive documentation, developer tools, and dedicated support, accelerating time-to-market.
With Toradex’s Linux support for SMARC, developers get a scalable, secure, and high-performance solution for industrial, medical, and AI-driven applications.
Do you have a specific project or application in mind where you're considering SMARC? We can help with Free Compatibility Check and help you with quick time-to-market
For more information: https://www.toradex.com/computer-on-modules/smarc-arm-family
AI Changes Everything – Talk at Cardiff Metropolitan University, 29th April 2...Alan Dix
Talk at the final event of Data Fusion Dynamics: A Collaborative UK-Saudi Initiative in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence funded by the British Council UK-Saudi Challenge Fund 2024, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 29th April 2025
https://alandix.com/academic/talks/CMet2025-AI-Changes-Everything/
Is AI just another technology, or does it fundamentally change the way we live and think?
Every technology has a direct impact with micro-ethical consequences, some good, some bad. However more profound are the ways in which some technologies reshape the very fabric of society with macro-ethical impacts. The invention of the stirrup revolutionised mounted combat, but as a side effect gave rise to the feudal system, which still shapes politics today. The internal combustion engine offers personal freedom and creates pollution, but has also transformed the nature of urban planning and international trade. When we look at AI the micro-ethical issues, such as bias, are most obvious, but the macro-ethical challenges may be greater.
At a micro-ethical level AI has the potential to deepen social, ethnic and gender bias, issues I have warned about since the early 1990s! It is also being used increasingly on the battlefield. However, it also offers amazing opportunities in health and educations, as the recent Nobel prizes for the developers of AlphaFold illustrate. More radically, the need to encode ethics acts as a mirror to surface essential ethical problems and conflicts.
At the macro-ethical level, by the early 2000s digital technology had already begun to undermine sovereignty (e.g. gambling), market economics (through network effects and emergent monopolies), and the very meaning of money. Modern AI is the child of big data, big computation and ultimately big business, intensifying the inherent tendency of digital technology to concentrate power. AI is already unravelling the fundamentals of the social, political and economic world around us, but this is a world that needs radical reimagining to overcome the global environmental and human challenges that confront us. Our challenge is whether to let the threads fall as they may, or to use them to weave a better future.
Big Data Analytics Quick Research Guide by Arthur MorganArthur Morgan
This is a Quick Research Guide (QRG).
QRGs include the following:
- A brief, high-level overview of the QRG topic.
- A milestone timeline for the QRG topic.
- Links to various free online resource materials to provide a deeper dive into the QRG topic.
- Conclusion and a recommendation for at least two books available in the SJPL system on the QRG topic.
QRGs planned for the series:
- Artificial Intelligence QRG
- Quantum Computing QRG
- Big Data Analytics QRG
- Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation & Control QRG (coming 2026)
- UK Home Computing & The Birth of ARM QRG (coming 2027)
Any questions or comments?
- Please contact Arthur Morgan at [email protected].
100% human made.
Noah Loul Shares 5 Steps to Implement AI Agents for Maximum Business Efficien...Noah Loul
Artificial intelligence is changing how businesses operate. Companies are using AI agents to automate tasks, reduce time spent on repetitive work, and focus more on high-value activities. Noah Loul, an AI strategist and entrepreneur, has helped dozens of companies streamline their operations using smart automation. He believes AI agents aren't just tools—they're workers that take on repeatable tasks so your human team can focus on what matters. If you want to reduce time waste and increase output, AI agents are the next move.
Procurement Insights Cost To Value Guide.pptxJon Hansen
Procurement Insights integrated Historic Procurement Industry Archives, serves as a powerful complement — not a competitor — to other procurement industry firms. It fills critical gaps in depth, agility, and contextual insight that most traditional analyst and association models overlook.
Learn more about this value- driven proprietary service offering here.
Semantic Cultivators : The Critical Future Role to Enable AIartmondano
By 2026, AI agents will consume 10x more enterprise data than humans, but with none of the contextual understanding that prevents catastrophic misinterpretations.
Massive Power Outage Hits Spain, Portugal, and France: Causes, Impact, and On...Aqusag Technologies
In late April 2025, a significant portion of Europe, particularly Spain, Portugal, and parts of southern France, experienced widespread, rolling power outages that continue to affect millions of residents, businesses, and infrastructure systems.
Artificial Intelligence is providing benefits in many areas of work within the heritage sector, from image analysis, to ideas generation, and new research tools. However, it is more critical than ever for people, with analogue intelligence, to ensure the integrity and ethical use of AI. Including real people can improve the use of AI by identifying potential biases, cross-checking results, refining workflows, and providing contextual relevance to AI-driven results.
News about the impact of AI often paints a rosy picture. In practice, there are many potential pitfalls. This presentation discusses these issues and looks at the role of analogue intelligence and analogue interfaces in providing the best results to our audiences. How do we deal with factually incorrect results? How do we get content generated that better reflects the diversity of our communities? What roles are there for physical, in-person experiences in the digital world?
3. Definition according to wikipedia...A Software Requirements Specification (SRS) is a complete description of the behavior of the system to be developed. It includes a set of use cases that describe all the interactions the users will have with the software. In addition to use cases, the SRS also contains nonfunctional (or supplementary) requirements. Non-functional requirements are requirements which impose constraints on the design or implementation (such as performance engineering requirements, quality standards, or design constraints).
13. The Good (Case 1)Project brief: Substitute X resource with Y resource on the clients corporate website.UX have created a ”resource map”, which is located on our internal project server.Projected duration: 1 business day.Estimated rate of success: >75%.
14. The Good (case 1) it was a piece of cake.Technical brief: Substitute X resource with Y resource on the clients corporate website at ftp://mysite.com. See sitemap from UX @ \\{server}\{project} for further details on the resource-2-page mappings.Actual development time: 1½ business day.Actual rate of success: 100%.
15. The BAD (case 2)Project brief: Substitute X resource with the document we uploaded last month to our clients corporate website.
17. Estimated rate of success: 75% 50%.The Bad (case 2) we got lucky...Technical brief: Substitute X resource with its predecessor (unknown document, ask Claus he worked on it a month ago) on the clients corporate website at ftp://mysite.com.See sitemap from UX @ \\{server}\{project} for further details on the resource-2-page mappings.
19. Actual rate of success: 50%.The UGLY (case 3) it’s not a science, it’s black magicProject brief: Hi Tobias. ”Your account manager asked me to forward you this email discussion that describes our change requests. If you have any questions feel free to contact me (p.s: I might be busy, but leave a message and I will get back to you ASAP.). Have a nice day! ”
23. Actual rate of success: 0%.What have we learnedA well-crafted SRS document mitigates risk.
24. SRS does not have to be 50 page documents. It can be something as simple as a set of use cases defining the clients needs.How to convert the Ugly into the GoodWhen in doubt ask your client. If they don’t know, chances are you don’t need to know.
25. Express your needs in a form that a 5 year old could understand!Good Input enables Beautiful output
Editor's Notes
#3: Dark arts of Software Requirement Specification. Why do we need it, where does it go wrong (samples), who can do it?
#4: 3 key points about SRS content according to wikipedia.
#5: Business processes are complex. (the devil is in the details) Software is rarely the work of a single individual. (teams need to communicate)