Active Reading

Face-to-face, realtime conversations are the best way to convey information about requirements. However, sometimes the requirements decisions were made before you were around. If the decisions are captured in documents, you may find yourself gleaning information about requirements more from documentation than from interactive discussions. In that kind of situation, active reading techniques can help you extract expectations from the written word. In this section, you’ll learn an approach to active reading that can help you use static requirements documents to discover charters worth exploring.

Question the Paper

Active reading means you’re questioning the document as you’re reading it. It’s a little like having a conversation, ...

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