{"id":81,"date":"2019-12-24T04:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T04:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/?p=81"},"modified":"2022-09-22T12:38:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T07:08:57","slug":"understanding-the-big-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the big picture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cTo understand the big picture start from the outside\u201d. Commence by understanding&nbsp;the target market and therefore the target audience i.e. end users of the system. Once you understand the \u201cwho\u201d, you are ready to understand \u201cwhat they would like to do\u201d i.e. the \u201cwhat\u201d \u2013 the use-cases\/requirements and then identify the technical features. Continuing on the same train of thought, it is necessary to understand the relationships of the various \u201cwhats\u201d i.e. interactions\/dependencies and the usage patterns (\u201cwhen\u201d &amp; \u201chow much\u201d). Now you are ready to dig into the details of \u201chow it is built\u201d, \u201d where it is\/will-be deployed\u201d and the \u201cwhat attributes\u201d it should satisfy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding is best done \u201coutside-to-inside\u201d i.e start from \u201cwho\u201d and then \u201chow it should-behave\/is-implemented\u201d. The two core concepts of Landscaping and Viewpoints are very useful here. Landscaping is a&nbsp;technique to rapidly understand the system by examining the various elements and the connections between them. Viewpoints is a technique that suggests you look the system from the various end user points of view to identify the specific needs and the expectations that each end user may have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use a layered understanding approach as outlined in the picture below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png 691w, https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTo understand the big picture start from the outside\u201d. Commence by understanding&nbsp;the target market and therefore the target audience i.e. end users of the system. Once you understand the \u201cwho\u201d, you are ready to understand \u201cwhat they would like to do\u201d i.e. the \u201cwhat\u201d \u2013 the use-cases\/requirements and then identify the technical features. Continuing on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-good-understanding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Understanding the big picture - HyBIST Central<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Understanding the big picture - HyBIST Central\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cTo understand the big picture start from the outside\u201d. Commence by understanding&nbsp;the target market and therefore the target audience i.e. end users of the system. Once you understand the \u201cwho\u201d, you are ready to understand \u201cwhat they would like to do\u201d i.e. the \u201cwhat\u201d \u2013 the use-cases\/requirements and then identify the technical features. Continuing on [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HyBIST Central\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-24T04:47:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-22T07:08:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"STAG Software\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"STAG Software\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"STAG Software\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#\/schema\/person\/2cf4a7a21b9573577750f1cba91e2db8\"},\"headline\":\"Understanding the big picture\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-24T04:47:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-22T07:08:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/\"},\"wordCount\":208,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"03. Good understanding\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/\",\"name\":\"Understanding the big picture - HyBIST Central\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-24T04:47:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-22T07:08:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png\",\"width\":691,\"height\":428},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Understanding the big picture\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/\",\"name\":\"HyBIST Central\",\"description\":\"All about Hypothesis Based Immersive Session Testing\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#organization\",\"name\":\"HyBIST Central\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/150-30.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/150-30.png\",\"width\":150,\"height\":30,\"caption\":\"HyBIST Central\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#\/schema\/person\/2cf4a7a21b9573577750f1cba91e2db8\",\"name\":\"STAG Software\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55a1bf61b42fef94c642ef3988a962bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55a1bf61b42fef94c642ef3988a962bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"STAG Software\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/author\/hiya\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Understanding the big picture - HyBIST Central","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Understanding the big picture - HyBIST Central","og_description":"\u201cTo understand the big picture start from the outside\u201d. Commence by understanding&nbsp;the target market and therefore the target audience i.e. end users of the system. Once you understand the \u201cwho\u201d, you are ready to understand \u201cwhat they would like to do\u201d i.e. the \u201cwhat\u201d \u2013 the use-cases\/requirements and then identify the technical features. Continuing on [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/","og_site_name":"HyBIST Central","article_published_time":"2019-12-24T04:47:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-22T07:08:57+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"STAG Software","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"STAG Software","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/"},"author":{"name":"STAG Software","@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#\/schema\/person\/2cf4a7a21b9573577750f1cba91e2db8"},"headline":"Understanding the big picture","datePublished":"2019-12-24T04:47:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-22T07:08:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/"},"wordCount":208,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png","articleSection":["03. Good understanding"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/","url":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/","name":"Understanding the big picture - HyBIST Central","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png","datePublished":"2019-12-24T04:47:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-22T07:08:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/layered_understanding.png","width":691,"height":428},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/understanding-the-big-picture\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Understanding the big picture"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#website","url":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/","name":"HyBIST Central","description":"All about Hypothesis Based Immersive Session Testing","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#organization","name":"HyBIST Central","url":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/150-30.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/150-30.png","width":150,"height":30,"caption":"HyBIST Central"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#\/schema\/person\/2cf4a7a21b9573577750f1cba91e2db8","name":"STAG Software","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55a1bf61b42fef94c642ef3988a962bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55a1bf61b42fef94c642ef3988a962bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"STAG Software"},"url":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/author\/hiya\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":385,"href":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}