Tag Archives: Requirements

Priorities and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Hayim Makabee

Recently, when I was thinking about the priorities of a project I’m working on, I used as a source of inspiration the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This hierarchy is usually depicted as a pyramid, as you can see in the image … Continue reading →

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Temporary Solutions: Technical Debt in Pictures

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

Software developers are constantly told that they should avoid Technical Debt. But very frequently it is difficult to resist the temptation. Why not implement a good-enough temporary solution that satisfies all the functional requirements? The main problem is that very … Continue reading →

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Conference Talk: Tomer Peretz on “Ensuring Software Alignment”

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

Last week at the Twentieth International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality in Tel-Aviv, Tomer Peretz gave a talk about “Ensuring Software Alignment”. Title: Ensuring Software Alignment Abstract:  Knowing where to allocate the project resources is the one of the key … Continue reading →

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Conference Talk: Dr. Amir Tomer on “Extracting Quality Scenarios from Functional Scenarios”

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

This week at the Twentieth International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality in Tel-Aviv, Dr. Amir Tomer gave a talk about “Extracting Quality Scenarios from Functional Scenarios”. Title: Extracting Quality Scenarios from Functional Scenarios Abstract:  Requirements specifications usually focus on the … Continue reading →

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Conference Talk – Hayim Makabee on Software Quality Attributes

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

This week I participated in the Twentieth International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality in Tel-Aviv, giving a talk about “Software Quality Attributes”. Title: Software Quality Attributes Abstract:  The quality of software systems may be expressed as a collection of Software Quality … Continue reading →

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Coping with Change in Agile Software Development

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

Traditional software development methodologies, such as Waterfall, tried to follow a series of isolated steps: First you define all the system requirements, then you devise a detailed system design that satisfies these requirements, and then you implement the system according … Continue reading →

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IASA Israel hosts Prof. Dan Berry

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

In the last week of December/2013 we at the International Association of Software Architects (IASA) in Israel had the great pleasure to host Prof. Dan Berry for a talk on Requirements Engineering. Please find the details about the talk below, … Continue reading →

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Four Myths of Software Evolution

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Hayim Makabee

As software developers, we know that our systems will evolve with time. We must understand the forces that drive this evolution, in order to design systems that are easily evolvable. Unfortunately, many programmers have misconceptions about the real drivers of … Continue reading →

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Communication Problems in Software Projects

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Hayim Makabee

The cartoon above is the best illustration I know for the so usual communication problems in software projects. This difficulty to capture the customer needs and correctly translate them in the form of requirements, design and working code is one … Continue reading →

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Hanukkah and Iterative Software Development

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Hayim Makabee

Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that is celebrated during eight days. The tradition is to light candles every day, starting with one candle in the first day, then two candles in the second day, and continue adding one candle a … Continue reading →

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