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I am wondering what type of software tools do you use (or used) in your day to day role as analyst (anything from Notepad to Rational Rose)?
Here are some that I use:
- SOFTWARE: MS World, PURPOSE: Functional Specifications, Requirements Documents, Vision Document, Business Case.
- SOFTWARE: MS Excel, PURPOSE: Capacity planning, Traceability, Data Analysis.
- SOFTWARE: MS Visio, PURPOSE: Process Models, Use Case Models, Domain Models (Class Diagram), Sequence Diagrams.
- SOFTWARE: ErWin, PURPOSE: Entity Relationship Diagrams.
- SOFTWARE: MS PowerPoint, PURPOSE: Present of problem statements, Present possible solutions, etc.
- SOFTWARE: Visual Studio Web Edition, PURPOSE: UI Mockups, Prototypes
- Adrian
Adrian Marchis
Publisher - ModernAnalyst.com
Random Thoughts of an Analysis Manager |
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SOFTWARE: MS World, PURPOSE: Functional Specifications, Requirements Documents,
SOFTWARE: MS Excel, PURPOSE: , Traceability
SOFTWARE: MS Visio, PURPOSE: Process Models, Use Case Models, Entity-Relationship Diagrams, .
As consultants, we stick with Office and Visio, as above. Our standard approach does not involve prototyping, but will use clients' tools as needed.
David Wright |
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I stick to the basics with software as well (Powrpoint, mainly) but also use the following tools to great effect;
- Whiteboards
- A3 sketchpads
- Butcher's paper
- Post-it notes
Not so useful for distributed teams of course, but quite effective for me. |
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Currently:
- MS Word for use cases, test plans, test cases
- MS Excel for requirements, business rules, actors catalogue, issues log, change requests log, traceability matrices
- MS Visio for sample UI mockups
- Enterprise Architect for BPMN and UML diagrams (would use for ER diagrams too if I did any)
I have also been looking at more sophisticated tools for managing requirements end-to-end between BAs, developers, testers, and PMs. Some of the tools we've looked at are:
- Borland CaliberRM
- GatherSpace
- stpSoft Reqsheet
- Artifact Lighthouse
- Visual Studio Team Server (on its own... some of the above products integrate with this as well)
I have yet to find what I would consider an all-encompassing solution, so I expect some customization will occur with whatever we decide on (like a VSTS integrated tool). |
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Forgot, my current client uses DOORS for Requirements Management and Traceability, I have been given an overview but have not used it yet....
David Wright |
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