Your first responsibility in good requirements management is requirements elicitation and we’re going to give you the 411 on how it works. Requirements elicitation is the method for determining the needs of all the customers and users in the project. This is a very important process, and it requires a collaborative effort between the development […]
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Requirements Documentation
Now let’s talk about Requirements Documentation. The result of the effort that you put into requirements development is a documented agreement between the customers and the developers about the product that’s going to be built. It’s important that the requirements are fully documented in the way that best captures the process, which is why you […]
Product Requirements
Every project begins with requirements. Although this step is very important, it is often neglected by companies because people see it as a “waste of time.” Both the developers and clients want to get right to writing the software code because then they feel that the project is progressing, but the result of poor requirements […]
The Power of Partnerships: Working Together Versus Working Alone
But you don’t have to do it alone anymore. In a period of 18 months myself and the rest of the team at Elementool, Inc. have conducted extensive research, read dozens of books, run surveys, and received a lot of feedback from our clients about their problems in the way they run their projects. That […]
Instant Messaging
Instant messaging has become common in our daily routine. So we have decided to offer it as part of Elementool to help you improve your communication with your team members. Especially if they are located someplace else. To start a new conversation using the Instant Messenger, please follow these steps: • Click on the ‘number […]
How to Create Agile Project Schedule
In this clip I’m going to show you how to create an agile project schedule. As you know, in agile development we take the project and divide it into mini projects called Sprints. There are many advantages to using the agile method of sprints. A few major ones are: • Agile development gives you better […]
Do You Have an ETA?
Visibility is one of the main reasons why projects fail. It means that the project manager doesn’t have a full picture of the project’s progress at any given moment. When you have full visibility, you’re able to stop bottle necks in your project’s progress. This allows you to make changes to the […]
Track Time Spent on Tasks
In this clip I’ll show you how you can use Elementool to track the time that team members spend on issues. Tracking time enables you to view the progress of the project and make changes to the project plan if needed. It is also useful for billing in case clients pay you by the hours […]
How to Send Daily Reports
Hi, it’s Allison again. Today I would like to present two new features that we added to the reporting section: • The option to define the view type of the Quick Reports. • The option to automatically send a daily report by email. The reports offer 5 view types: • Normal – this is the […]
How to Submit Issues Faster
Hi, I’m Allison, and I’d like to tell you about new options that we added to the Field Dependency feature. This is a very helpful feature that allows you to quickly locate and select relevant information when filling out a form. The Field Dependency feature enables the creation of relationships between fields in such a […]