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As medical devices, software and technologies—and the risk management, regulations and recommendations concerning them—become more of a mainstream topic of conversation, we thought now would be a good time to round up a few newsworthy items. Check out key pieces from some recent articles and our takes on each, below. How Samsung Is Leveraging VR […]
What do you call a system that has never-changing requirements? An obsolete system. Systems that are healthy and growing are always evolving or changing in some way. Avionics, automotive and medical systems require airtight requirements. For the customers and users of these complex systems—and the companies building them—safety and security is critical. Getting safety-critical requirements […]
We’ve all heard the joke, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.” The adage is true for many goals in life we strive for. As defined, practice is… “Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.” From an early age, we’re […]
Using stakeholder, system, hardware and software requirements to build a professional wireless microphone. In the post below—the last of three transcribed from his Writing Good Requirements workshop, with notes and slides from his presentation deck included—Jama Consultant Adrian Rolufs explains common problems teams go through, and how to avoid them. (See Part II here.) ==Start […]
Key differences between requirements and specifications, why different levels of requirements are important, and how to establish a clear requirements hierarchy you can use and change to suit any product, version or variant you build. In the post below—the second of three transcribed from his Writing Good Requirements workshop, with notes and slides from his […]
Finding the requirements management sweet spot means being concise, specific and parametric, and answering the question, “What do we need?” rather than, “How do we fulfill a need?” In the post below—the first of three transcribed from his Writing Good Requirements workshop, with notes and slides from his presentation deck included—Jama Consultant Adrian Rolufs explains […]
“At the beginning of the automotive age, drivers entering a city were required to have a person on foot walk in front of the car sounding a klaxon to warn the citizenry that a motorized vehicle was approaching. Will regulators require something similar now that we know our machines can fail to protect us from […]
If there’s a constant theme for VPs of Sales, it’s pressure. In times flush and lean, driven by forecasts definitive and dubious, sales teams are the shock absorbers and the turbo chargers that sustain and propel a company. Sales always has a journey mapped out, but it also always has to be prepared to reroute […]
“Engineers are relatively good at logical decisions. The problem is with the assumptions. Testing the assumptions is the most important trait of a good systems engineer. Keep the critical-to-customer requirements always in mind; everything else supports these. Must not strangle the project with many meetings. System Level cannot be the only verification approach—Need to do […]
VPs of Product shoulder a formidable set of full-time challenges. Accountable to both business and engineering plans, a wise Product leader recognizes that clear communication and meaningful collaboration are a means to an end, and therefore matter as much as the goals. Whether you’re managing performance and production with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall or a hybrid […]