Gatherspace.com vs. SPEQit vs. User Story Top vs. Userdoc Comparison Chart

For a project manager or business systems analyst, it’s customary to meet with a project to obtain project requirements signoff. However, what invariably happens is the customer deciding they need a new set of features outside the scope of the current requirements document. This dilemma, known as “scope creep” or “feature creep” is a common project killer, and it is critical for a project manager to know how to effectively manage this situation when it occurs. To easily identify scope creep, you first need to have a really good handle on what the requirements are. Make sure you have an organized requirements management document that includes a mission statement, a background statement that includes needs, the high level features, and as many detailed requirements as possible which all map back up to the features. By producing a rich and thorough set of requirements, you can get a clean baseline of what the system needs to do which can often mitigate any upfront scope creep.

User StoryTop is a web-service that makes Agile requirements better by putting in play a scoring and recommendation system. The machine learning model trained on over 10 000 real user stories to provide accurate general quality score, where perfection is 100 points. It has the potential to help the team to avoid communication gaps early in the process (not just after the feedback from the delivered feature). It's well known that the cost of fix grows exponentially with time. Tools such as User Story Top has the potential to empower the team to be more efficient, by being an extra source of knowledge. It's like "static code analysis", but for requirements. Requirements verification ensures that requirements specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work. Requirements validation ensures that all requirements support the delivery of value to the business, fulfill its goals and objectives.