Five Requirements Traceability Changes to Expect in the 2020s
Changes to requirements traceability like better visibility and collaboration will improve the efficiency of the product development process.
Decision Accountability: Three Ways Traceability Evolved to Make Complex Decisions Possible
/in Breakthrough Insights/by Robin CalhounTraceability makes it possible to manage and respond to change in a systematic, auditable, confidence-enhancing way in complex product development.
Legacy Sunset: How to Stop These Five Legacy Software Pains in Requirements Management
/in Breakthrough Insights/by Robin CalhounLegacy software is powerful, but even with complex capabilities, they don’t always match the goals of teams who need to adapt, innovate, and grow.
How to Get More From Your Product Development Data
/in Predictive Product Development Telecom, Semiconductors, Medical Devices, Industrial Technologies, Financial Services and Insurance, Enterprise Software and Services, Enterprise IT, Critical Systems / Government, Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Aerospace and Defense/by Robin CalhounWith so many organizations undergoing massive transformations — spurred by the growing complexity of products that combine hardware with sophisticated software — the choices being made today around how to proceed will have ramifications for years.
How Adopting Modern Traceability Leads to Better Products
/in Best Practices/by Robin CalhounMounting stress can induce quick, reactionary decision-making that, when it becomes consistent, proves disastrous.
Visually Networked Data Isn’t Just for Social Tools
/in Breakthrough Insights/by Robin CalhounIf you look at wildly successful technology companies, there’s a common theme: they manage complex and increasingly connected data. LinkedIn connects you to a dynamic professional network, Facebook to existing and new friends, Amazon to your next purchase, Google Searches to disparate parts of the internet. If structured connected information powers networking, socializing, and purchasing […]
Power modern requirements with smarter, more connected data.
/in Breakthrough Insights/by Robin CalhounThere’s no escaping that the more exciting and fast-paced the product you’re developing is, the more challenging it is for decision makers to access the information they need to move quickly. In this complex workspace no one person, single team, or discipline can make all decisions alone. Modern product development requires working with product data […]
Traceability, Product Delivery Data, and Learning to Cook
/in Breakthrough Insights/by Robin CalhounRecently I decided it was time I improved my cooking skills. Being an analytical person, I spent a considerable amount of time deciding on an approach. One must have a strategy, measurements for success, and a repeatable pattern of course! (Right?) Given that I like to run repeated experiments, I decided to take a set […]
Keeping Teams Aligned with Agile Workflow Design
/in Best Practices/by Robin CalhounWhen you hear the word “workflow” do you get excited, like you can’t wait to spend a day in front of a white board with a cross-departmental team and map out how you will all work together happily ever after? Or, are you like most people and dread the thought of going through the process […]