Why are we discussing security and ROI of data in the same blog? They are more intimately related than you might think! Why is your business critical data vulnerable? Most businesses have several and sometimes hundreds of software applications that support some aspect...
Why do we want to build a requirements virtualization platform? Our ultimate objective is for a business analyst to be able to conduct a requirements meeting with business users/stakeholders and walk out of that meeting with a working implementation of the...
Business Analysts Many business analysts spend most of their time in meetings documenting business requirements, explaining what they mean to developers, waiting for weeks and then figuring out why the implementation didn't match the documentation, rinse and repeat...
One of the first things we do when we initiate a new software application project is attempt to gather a set of software requirements. These are often broken down into Functional and Non-Functional Requirements. The Functional Requirements are then generally further...
Many business analysts spend most of their time in meetings documenting business process requirements, explaining what they mean to developers, waiting for weeks and then figuring out why the implementation didn't match the documentation, rinse and repeat endlessly!...
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was recently in "stormy weather" because of a major computer system failure. As per BBC News: "US air safety officials say that the glitch that led to travel chaos at airports last week was actually caused by a contractor...
There is a lot of hype in the news about the step change in AI technology with major companies talking about how AI will be a game changer for their business. The challenges facing many organizations today are: how will we incorporate AI into our products to drive...
Application Shelf Life and Technology Expiry Dates Most organizations use forms-based custom software applications that have hard-coded the business functionality. These applications are implemented on a set of specific technologies: source code in one (or more)...
There are many good use cases for No Code / Low Code technology when building simple applications that collect and maintain records for a few simple forms. Most of these technologies include some form of a canvas designer where Citizen Developers can drop and style...
What is Technical Debt and where does it live? Wikipedia defines technical debt as: "the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy (limited) solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer." A lot of technical debt can be...