Betsy Stockdale from SEILevel at SV IIBA
CollabaCore founder Lee Amon is a member of the Silicon Valley chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysts (IIBA). Here is his report from a recent chapter meeting.
Betsy Stockdale of SEILevel presented visual models at a recent Silicon Valley IIBA meeting. She made two key points that we would like to emphasize.
- The human mind can’t remember (or really process) a list of more than 5-9 items. When presented with lists of thousands of requirements, eyes glaze, people lose interest, and items are missed.
- A picture is worth a thousand words. Or perhaps a thousand “the system shall statements. Betsy showed us three visual models (the templates are available on the SEILevel site) that can help analysts organize and work with requirements