[kplato] Scope and Change Control (was Planning and Analysis 101)

[Chris Clarke]

On Friday 15 June 2001 04:45, Brad Hards wrote:
> Chris Clarke wrote:

[Snip parts I agree with and have nothing to say about]

> Definately needs to be a seperate, but linked, tool. There are a few tools
> on the market (I've used Requirements Database Tool, which is basically a
> front end on Access; and I've been on the receiving end of DOORS
> (http://www.telelogic.com/products/doors/), but none that are free, and
> nothing that I'd say really provides any insight.

I have evaluated DOORS in the past.  It seemed like a good product, but there 
was something about it's capabilities that concerned me about the task I was 
evaluating it for.  For the life of me I can remember what it was though.

[Snip nice breakdown of tasks]

> Since this is usually a defined action (on big government contracts, in any
> case), you probably just want to pull up one of a couple of "pre-built"
> tasks, say one for "contractor initiated changes", one for "Buyer initiated
> changes", one for "no cost CCPs", or whatever. That is why in my first
> rant, I asked for the functionality to insert "pre-defined" tasks or
> "preb-built" modules of work, hopefully with some smarts that allows
> "automagical" customisation.

Duly noted and filed away in my requirements folder :-)

Chris.
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Chris Clarke
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