Name of Course:        Determining Project Requirements

Course number:             2169-JTC911

Description

This interactive seminar targets professionals who want to improve their ability to translate customer needs into project requirements. Using a case study approach combined with pre-defined checklists and templates, the course explores different categories of requirements and which requirements gathering techniques work best for different stakeholders and types of projects. Participants learn to frame the project by documenting the business need and by ensuring the project is traceable to this need. A plan is created for the activities needed during the requirements phase of the project with a special focus on user profiling.  Students practice both customer interviewing and Joint Application Development (JAD), as well as review different modeling techniques that help to capture project requirements. This program has been reviewed and approved by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) and covers the IIBA® knowledge areas of Enterprise Analysis, Requirements Management and Planning, and Requirements Gathering.

 

Target Audience

Project team members who participate in the requirements gathering process. Class has a focus on those individuals who gather requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment, where facilitated sessions might be used.

Pre-requisites         

Exposure to requirements gathering within a project environment.

Duration:                    Two days

PDUs:                         16 PDUs

Objectives 

 

	Understand the role of a business analyst
	Define what requirements are
	Identify prerequisites to requirements
	Review Pros and Cons with various requirement gathering techniques.
	Review ways to prioritize and select requirements
	Understand what JAD (Joint Application Design) is and when to use it.
	Plan and conduct a JAD session.

 

Instructional Methods

Includes a mix of lecture, discussions, individual practices, case studies and the planning and delivery of an actual JAD session.

Topics Covered:

	Introduction Review course objectives and agenda Difficulties gathering requirements The role of the Business Analyst
	Definitions of terms What are requirements The International Institute of Business Analysis and their standards
	Enterprise analysis Understanding the business Understanding the scope of the project
	Requirements Planning and Management The role of the Business Analyst Key activities
	Requirements Gathering Approaches Types of requirements Organizing requirements Requirements prioritization
	Methods to gather requirements Interviews Prototypes Surveys Job shadowing Facilitated sessions (JAD)
	JAD roles Facilitator Scribe Other participants
	Modeling techniques Swim lanes Use cases Functional decomposition Entity Relationship Diagrams Data Flow Diagrams State Transition Diagram
	Facilitation techniques Characteristics Problem participants
	JAD sessions Prepare and plan session Execute JAD session
	Summary What to do next Course evaluations