We often see change as something that detracts us from the work we need to be doing to deliver requirements. But the truth is that if we don’t adapt the deliverables to changing situations, it's like we never gathered requirements in the first place--and we end up with a solution that doesn’t deliver.
This list was created to help you estimate how much effort is required to implement and test a change request.
Large-scale change of enterprise-level architecture and infrastructure presents a challenge, especially in today's networked world. Enter agile project management and the ideas of refactoring and continuous improvement, which involve creating innovative new solutions for each problem encountered.
How are you with uncertainty? Do you revel in the possibilities or crave closure? Agile methods have a very different approach to requirements management that some people find empowering...and others find infuriating.
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The usage of Requirements Traceability concepts is based on the completeness of the "evolution" that every project "workstation" has to incorporate in the path to a final acceptable product. The foundation for this control method is a complete collection of customer requirements, mutually agreed between the customer and the supplier who is conducting the project.
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The Project Definition Rating Index is a revolutionary tool, an easy-to-use checklist that identifies and precisely describes each critical element in a project scope definition package. The PDRI allows a project team to quickly analyze the scope definition package and predict factors that may impact project risk.
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This paper presents a hybrid process model that supports a product development team developing a product with an iterative, incremental and agile development process, such as Scrum.
This article on the Scrum Alliance site has an interesting take on putting aside Scrum when your requirements change so much that you need Kanban to stabilize your release. As the author states: ...
Why is change control so important? With everything a project manager is responsible for, why so much concern over it? What does it really mean, and how do we perform it?
This simple change request form will keep you mindful of what the proposed change is and the impact it will have.
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