Scope and Requirements Development

Scope and Requirements Development

In this 21-hour on-line course introduces participants to the tools and techniques necessary to develop well-understood project requirements. Participants are introduced to Displayed Thinking, use-cases, requirements interviews, requirements meetings, requirements documentation, and many other topics critical to the success of a complex project.

ARMY IGNITED CRITERIA

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• The course highlights the importance of innovation and why it needs to be considered in projects, and how it needs to be carefully fostered to thrive. You will also see how it was used to create unique solutions that would resolve difficult problems, and how the resulting projects were transformational beyond the expectations of the stakeholders. The course follows the project event timelines to better understand the opportunities and decisions that led to innovation in both product and process, innovation and innovative approaches that were at the core of greatly needed solutions.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Project managers, project leaders, team leaders, managers, and general business professionals.

PREREQUISITE

• There are no prerequisites for this class.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

COURSE INTRODUCTION

• Listening vs. Hearing
• Communication Realities
• Listening Approaches
• The Function of Listening

STAKEHOLDERS

• Who is a Stakeholder?
• Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
• The RACI Matrix
• Steps in Stakeholder Management
• Stakeholder Prioritization

SCOPE DEFINITION

• The Product vs. Project Scope
• The IIBA BOK Process Model
• Enterprise Analysis
• Requirements Planning & Management
• Requirements Elicitation
• Requirements Analysis
• Requirements Communication
• Solution Assessment & Validation
• Project Boundaries
• The PMI Scope Management Framework
• Real World Best Practice
• The LGd Process
• Project Sponsor Issues Charter
• Charter Environmental Factors to Consider
• The Project Data Sheet (PDS)
• Roles & Responsibilities
• Gold Plating
• Scope Creep

REQUIREMENTS BASICS

• What is a Requirement?
• IIBA BOK Requirements
• Functional vs. Non-Functional
• What Makes A Good Requirement?
• Business Requirements vs. System Requirement
• Key Requirement Tests
• The Problem Pyramid

USE CASES

• Why Create Use Cases?
• The WBS and Use Cases
• The Basic Use Case Process
• Keys to Effective Use Cases
• Detailed Use Case
• Use Case Checklist

DEVELOPMENTAL METHODOLOGIES

• Methodologies, Frameworks and Processes
• Methodology Drivers
• The Volere Process
• The Basic RUP Process
• SCRUM Basics

TESTABLE REQUIREMENTS

• Standard Testing Activities
• Requirements Based Testing (RBT)
• Ambiguity Review
• Types of Testing
• Test Cases

THE SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION (SRS)

• The SRS Defined
• SRS Goals
• The SRS Components
• 10 Quality Characteristics of an SRS
• Quality Measures Related to Individual SRS

BUSINESS DOMAIN MODELING

• BDM Defined
• BDM Roles - The Business Process Analyst
• BDM Roles - The Business Model Reviewer
• BDM Roles - The Software Architect
• BDM Artifacts
• BDM Model
• Why is a Domain Model Needed?

OTHER ADVANCED TOOLS

• The Spectrum Diagram
• Activity Diagram
• Block/Swimlane Workflow Diagram
• Business Process Diagram (BPD)
• Cause & Effect Diagram
• Decision Tree Analysis
• Advanced Decision Tree
• Class Diagrams
• Data Flow Diagrams (DFD)
• FURPS+