Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Foundation in Business Analysis Session 6 GATHERING THE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTING AND MANAGING THE REQUIREMENTS

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis “Gathering the requirements means eliciting them from the business users, recording them in a requirements list and subjecting them to an analysis to determine both their relevance (to the business needs) and their quality.” What means Gathering Requirements?

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis lack of relevance to the objectives of the project; lack of clarity in the wording; ambiguity; duplication between requirements; conflicts between requirements; requirements expressed in such a way that it is difficult to assess whether they have been achieved; requirements that assume a solution rather than stating what is to be delivered by the system; uncertainty amongst business users about what they need from the new system; business users omitting to identify requirements; inconsistent levels of detail; business users and analysts taking certain knowledge for granted and failing to ensure that there is a common understanding. The requirements Problem

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis The requirements Engineering Process

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis The business representativesThe project team Project sponsorProject Manager UsersBusiness Analyst Domain expertDeveloper …… Actors in requirements engineering

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Requirements Elicitation

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Requirements Elicitation

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Elicitation Techniques

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Requirements List

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Check req Improve req Document req Requirements Analysis

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Checking for overlapping or duplicate requirements Unraveling multiple requirements Necessity checking Feasibility evaluation Removing conflicts Checking for solutions Confirming quality Requirements Filters

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Validating Requirements StakeholdersProject delivery team Review requirements Sign – off requirements document

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Foundation in Business Analysis Session 2 GATHERING THE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTING AND MANAGING THE REQUIREMENTS

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Documenting the requirements in such way that they can form the basis for developing, or procuring, an IT solution, and Managing the requirements to make sure that they are properly controlled Documentation?

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Requirements Document

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis The Requirements Catalogue

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Requirements Types

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Requirements Types

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Managing the requirements Requirements Traceability

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis MoSCoW –Must Have –Should Have –Could Have –Want to Have Other? Requirements Prioritization

Carmen David, Senior BA Business Analysis Thanks you! References: Business Analysis 2 nd edition by Debra Paul (Editor), Donald Yeates (Editor), James Cadle