The marriage of hardware and software is no longer a niche trend in product design. With the growing phenomenon, The Atlantic recently ran a piece, titled “The Coming Software Apocalypse,” about the serious challenges industries face when developing products that rely on both hardware and software, and the real-world consequences occurring as a result. According […]
In the product development process, requirements are the foundation to success. They define what a company is trying to build. And they identify what a product needs to do and what it should look like. As the number and complexity of products increases, so do the requirements to support them. Today’s sophisticated products and software […]
On today’s fast moving road to innovation requirements management can feel like a burdensome, yet necessary evil. For those of you who manage requirements with spreadsheets, word docs and power point, this process can feel even more unwieldy. Possibly worse? Using a heavy-handed tool like DOORS that adds extra overhead and requires additional skillsets for […]
It’s not uncommon for engineers and scientists to have side projects. Many successful products began as an experiment during the innovator’s time out of the office. German-based Part-Time Scientists has taken that idea to a whole new level. Their goal, in partnership with Audi, is to get a lunar lander safely to the surface of […]
In business, times change because needs change. Changes driven by the rise in software-driven products, the business imperatives of on-time delivery, and extended supply-chain systems threaten to disrupt traditional manufacturing and engineering processes. Your teams are pressured to accelerate product development and manage growing complexity in distributed organization and supply chains, within products, and across […]
There’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 […]
Over the last two years, the semiconductor industry has seen an unprecedented wave of consolidations and M&A activity – deals worth $85B in 2015 and a whopping $115B in 2016! As a result of all of this consolidation, semiconductor companies are finding themselves having to integrate diverse teams, technologies and IP on an ongoing basis. […]
Too often products fail due to poorly managed requirements. A requirement is a document that defines what you are looking to achieve or create – it identifies what a product needs to do, what it should look like, and explains its functionality and value. Without clearly defining requirements you could produce an incomplete or defective […]
“Gartner clients report that poor requirements are a major cause of rework and friction between business and IT. Broad market adoption of software requirements solutions is low, exacerbating this situation.” This begins the key findings in Gartner’s newest Market Guide for Software Requirements Definition and Management Solutions. The guide provides key findings, recommendations, market definition and direction, […]
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 […]
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