Which component contains a product defect? The Twin Peaks model ensures traceability of requirements and architecture. Read how you can use the model with objectiF RM in today's blog.

2022 brings new opportunities and challenges. microTOOL is looking forward to offering you real added value with software for more business agility.

What rules should you apply in video conferences? Which mistakes can be easily avoided? Read our blog on video conferencing etiquette to find out.

Axel Höner reports on his acquisition of the title: Certified SAFe® 5 Program Consultant (SPC) and describes an all-round positive online seminar format.

Agility and resilience = agilience, a mindset comprising multi-layered abilities to deal with crisis and change for people, teams and companies.

Everything begins with an idea. And knowledge is power. Especially today in the so-called knowledge-based economy, ideas are everything.

Using a board for visualizing workflows and setting task limits (WiP limits) to maintain throughput are just two ways to optimize the production process in Kanban.

Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) scales agile project management according to Scrum, opening the method for multiple teams in an organisation.

Is user story mapping nothing more than good old business process analysis? Yes and no, says Dr. Andrea Herrmann and explains the differences.

Microservices are top dog in the field of architecture. Eberhard Wolff introduces this modular concept to us and points out hierarchy, advantages and disadvantages.

Requirements Engineering nach IREB umfasst ein breites Spektrum an Aufgaben, die Sie mit objectiF RM bewältigen. Um die Anforderungen weiterzugeben, können Sie die Jira-Schnittstelle einsetzen.

Business analysts are becoming more and more important through the course of digitization, because they serve as a connection between strategy and technology. Which skills does a digital business analyst need?

User stories describe the stakeholders' goals and wishes in agile development. Can the IREB quality criteria for requirements be fulfilled with user stories?

The Gantt chart is an established tool for planning projects. This blog post shows you how you can get the most of it.

Communication trainer Susanne Lorenz reveals how she uses a flipchart to clearly illustrate her presentations. Get inspired.

A pattern is a proven and repeatable solution concept for a concrete problem. How do patterns work in agile project planning?

How do you develop requirements and archteciture without delaying the project or letting the costs get too high? The Twin Peaks Model explains this.

Rainer Wendt describes the new structures for agile principles of agile business anaysis with the concept of planning horizons.

Agile development promises value for stakeholders in a short amount of time. But doesn't that inevitably come at the expense of the quality?

Work changes. What is the most sensible and constructive way to handle upcoming rejuvenation of work? And what are the dimensions of new work?

A project always has something to do with uncertainty. How do you approach uncertainty and which skills can you learn for dealing with it?

A good problem statement describes the task to be solved as generally as possible and so helps with the search for the right solution.

An agile transformaiton is a large challenge for many businesses. A change process with four steps can help.

Many businesses operate with functional teams in sales or IT. In the future, processual structures will offer more advantages to the customers.

Does requirements engineering have to develop further to be able to design new solutions? And how can creativity be embedded into IT analysis?

Agile approaches require an active mind set change. Read three important success factors that are very useful for project managers.

In in-STEP BLUE you can secure state changes with a password request. This helps avoid mistakes and to increase security.

Do you want to know something, learn to do something, or master something? An evaluation of knowledge acquisition and the importance of feedback by Dr. Andrea Herrmann.

Digitalization leads to new processes and structures. How should business IT set itself up to allow these changes?

A charrette session is a good opportunity to collaboratively develop requirements. What's important with charrette sessions?

With in-STEP BLUE you can calculate the sum of multiple values of a column, like the total effort of individual requirements in the requirements list.

A PMO and a project assistant both seek efficiency and effictiveness in project management. But what are the differences?

Individual performance in teams is not always measurable. Why is an individual still delivering performance and what has appreciation to do with it?

Effective teams are an important factor in developing products. A unified vision is absolutely necessary for team work to succeed. How do you develop it?

With in-STEP BLUE you can send and receive automated messages. It is also possible to play sounds when receiving messages. Find out how to customize them.

How do you use ReqIF to import and export requirements? Read these instructions to find out how the ReqIF interface works in in-STEP BLUE.

IT project managers have a lot of skills that are highly sought after in sales. Find out why it makes sense for them to begin a career in IT sales.

Step by step to a ticket system in in-STEP BLUE. Today is step 11: plan work assignments with activities.

Orientation can be obtained by means of goals, process descriptions and situational roles, according to Annette Berger. Find out how they provide clarity. 

Step by step to your in-STEP BLUE ticket system. Today Step 9: Export tickets and ticket lists from in-STEP BLUE to MS Excel.

Step by step to an in-STEP BLUE ticket system. Today step eight: create a work contract from a ticket form.

Learn how to develop early warning systems to improve your conflict management system and save money. 

Projects fail but procect cancellation is rarely seen. Why do companies have a hard time to cancel projects and how could they do better?

Step by step to a ticket system. Today, step four: determine the storage location for the tickets and create the first one.

Step by step to an in-STEP BLUE ticket system. Today is step two: create a product type for tickets. Steps to manage tickets.

Are there sustainable business models able to prove that the Internet of Things is not just a concept but an economically feasible trend?

The Guide to Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) is a rich source of knowledge and another good reason for talking to Peter Gerstbach of IIBA.

The following is an interview between Stefan Sturm, Managing Director at IREB, and Tanja Weiß of microTOOL, about ireb, cpre and requirements engineering.

Projects fail because of mistakes by management rather than technical issues, so why are we still applying processes that do not include a business case?