BTS330: Business Requirements Analysis using OO Lecture 5 Requirements Development: Practices and Skills

Agenda  The Requirements Development Cycle  Good Practices  Requirements Analyst: tasks, skills  Analyst Skills: Presentation  The Presentation

Requirements Development ElicitationAnalysisSpecificationValidation Clarify Correct and close gaps Rewrite Re-evaluate Text, p. 59

Agenda  The Requirements Development Cycle  Good Practices  Requirements Analyst: tasks, skills  Analyst Skills: Presentation  The Presentation

Good Practices  Knowledge –Train/Educate/Document  Requirements Management –Change Management  Project Management –Plan/Track/Manage risks  Requirements Development –…

Requirements Development  Elicitation Good Practices –Development process –Vision/scope –Users/stake holders –Product champions, focus groups –Use Cases –Events/Responses

Requirements Development  Analysis Good Practices –Context diagram –Prototypes –Prioritization –Modeling

Requirements Development  Specification Good Practices –Template –Business rules –Quality attributes

Requirements Development  Validation Good Practices –Inspection/review of document –Acceptance criteria

Agenda  The Requirements Development Cycle  Good Practices  Requirements Analyst: tasks, skills  Analyst Skills: Presentation  The Presentation

Requirements Analyst--Duties  Define vision/scope  Identify users and stakeholders  Elicit requirements  Analyze  Write  Model  Lead the validation  Facilitate prioritization  Manage the requiremetns

Requirements Analyst--Skills  Communication—listening and getting information across  Interviewing/Observational  Analytical  Facilitation/Interpersonal  Writing  Presenting  Modeling  Creativity  Organization

Agenda  The Requirements Development Cycle  Good Practices  Requirements Analyst: tasks, skills  Analyst Skills: Presentation  The Presentation

Crucial Analyst Skills  Writing  Facilitation  Getting/Giving information  =>Many presentations!

Analyst Skills: Presentation  Format –Give the client her/his preference –Don’t just read it! –Consistency and flow—even if several presenters  Focus –Requirements of the client –Information presented should be relevant to the client –Have some kind of conclusion for the client  Language –That the client can understand –Avoid Acronym Mania

Analyst Skills: Presentation  Credibility –Do your research—don’t try to “fake it” –Understand what you are presenting –Deliver value, not “filler”

Analyst Skills: Presentation Collect Data Analyze Present How it should work: How it should not be done: Collect Data Present

Collect Data  Understand the purpose of the presentation –Requirements of the client Could be a problem to be solved, a computer system, and so on.  Understand what you have to research  Gather sources  Do the research!

Analyze  Based on the requirements: –Identify relevant material in your findings –Analyze –Make recommendations/observations/etc. (depending on what is required)

Present  Identify key material –The points of highest value to the client  Have a conclusion or recommendation –This is the most important part  Present to the client –In a format the client prefers –Introduction/Body/Conclusion –Consistency!

Agenda  The Requirements Development Cycle  Good Practices  Requirements Analyst: tasks, skills  Analyst Skills: Presentation  The Elfin Works Presentations

Elfin Works: Data Collection  Purpose –Present the functions that the computer system will provide for the Business Area –Present results of the regulations researched to show how they would impact the proposed Elfin Works computer system (or why they would not)

Elfin Works: Data Collection  Client as information source –The partners have been in business since 2001 so they are familiar with some of the regulations: business number, gst, tax forms, etc.  Domain experts on your teams (students who are working in the business area)

Elfin Works: Data Collection  Other information sources –Given URL’s –Search for URL’s –Talk to people who work in a manufacturing company –Search for relevant examples  Spend some time

Elfin Works: Analysis  How do the regulations relate to Elfin Works? –Separate “generic” from “applies to Elfin Works”  Do any of the regulations need to be accommodated by the new computer system being developed for the Business Area? –Should they be part of the new system? –Should they be connected to the new system?

Elfin Works: Presentation  Identify key points relating to Elfin Works –Eliminate “irrelevant” information  Identify points related to the new computer system –How is the business area impacted?  PowerPoint –Intro / Rose Diagram./ Findings / Conclusion!!!  KEY –Eliminate technical language and unfamiliar acronyms –Talk; don’t read

Elfin Works: Presentation  Length: no longer than 10 minutes  Number of presenters: 1 or many  NOTE: only those members of the team who are present for all of the team presentations will receive the marks allocated to the presentation.