Requirements Gathering for Small Enterprises
Right-size the guidelines of your requirements gathering process.
Onsite Workshop
Poor requirements are the number one reason that solutions fail to deliver.
- Inaccurate understanding leads to inaccurate solutions.
- Excessive process control limits speed to delivery.
Consistent, right-sized and scenario-appropriate requirements gathering processes allow you to give the business what it needs in an efficient manner.
- Understand your common requirements scenario and how to align these to your process guidelines and requirements packages.
- Find your balance between collaboration and control as well as communication and documentation.
Module 1: Lay Your Foundations
The Purpose
Understand the goals, constraints, and different requirements scenarios your team faces.
Key Benefits Achieved
Initial process guidelines align to requirements scenarios.
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1.1 | Define Goals and Metrics |
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1.2 | Select Requirements Scenarios |
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1.3 | Create Process Flow |
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1.4 | Add Collaboration, Communication, Control, and Documentation |
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Module 2: Build Your Elicitation Framework
The Purpose
Understand the techniques for planning and conducting requirements elicitation.
Key Benefits Achieved
Elicitation frameworks align to requirements scenarios.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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2.1 | Review & Select Elicitation Techniques |
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2.2 | Review & Select Requirements Models |
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2.3 | Create a Requirements Gathering Elicitation Plan for Your Project |
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2.4 | Update Process Guidelines |
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Module 3: Elicit Requirements
The Purpose
Use an example project to test elicitation framework, techniques, and models.
Key Benefits Achieved
Experience with elicitation and modelling techniques.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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3.1 | Practice Using Interviews With Business Stakeholders to Build Use Case Models. |
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3.2 | Practice Using Table-Top Testing With Business Stakeholders to Build Use Case Models. |
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3.3 | Retrospective and Update Process Guidelines |
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Module 4: Analyze and Validate
The Purpose
Refine and prioritize requirements and create scenario-appropriate requirements packages.
Key Benefits Achieved
Refinement and prioritization techniques and requirement package guidelines.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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4.1 | Categorize and Consolidate Requirements |
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4.2 | Prioritize Requirements |
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4.3 | Define and Populate Requirements Package |
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4.4 | Finalize Requirement Gathering Playbook |
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4.5 | Develop Requirements Gathering Action Plan |
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