Creating the User Experience – Designing Spaces That Delight

Designers looking at UI/UX wireframes on laptops

Welcome to our final installment in our series on requirements gathering! In our last post, Iterative Requirements – Building Your Dream Home, One Room at a Time,  we explored the iterative approach of the agile method, using the analogy of renovating your home piece by piece. This time, we dive into the importance of UI/UX […]

The Often-Overlooked Importance of Non-Functional Requirements

non-functional requirements (NFRs) over a person typing on a laptop

Written by: Andrew Fruhling, Chief Operating Officer at Calavista   In the world of software development, we often focus on what a system should do. We meticulously define user stories, create detailed use cases, and map out intricate workflows. But in this rush to nail down functionality, we often overlook a critical aspect of system […]

Iterative Requirements – Building Your Dream Home, One Room at at Time

Professionals meet in a modern office space gathering requirements for project.

Welcome back to our series on requirement gathering! In our last post, “The Importance of Requirements Gathering – From Blueprint to Build“, we explored the structured approach of the waterfall method, using the analogy of building a house from a detailed blueprint. This time, we dive into an iterative approach, where flexibility and continuous adaptation […]

The Importance of Requirements Gathering: From Blueprint to Build

Team eliciting requirements at a conference table with sticky notes.

Written By: Ashley Bias, Solutions Director at Calavista   Are Detailed Requirements Obsolete? In the Agile-centric development world, “Requirements” tend to get short shrift.  “Companies that want detailed requirements are dinosaurs, and their projects are doomed to fail.” But that’s not true. First, no software project – Agile-based or not – can start without any […]