Business analyst: a 4-step requirement elicitation guide

After this lecture, you will know why planning the elicitation is needed and you will have an overview of what it exactly entails.

After this lecture you will have an exhaustive list of elements which will form the scope of your elicitation. These elements consist of the elicitation deliverables, the stakeholders, the elicitor, etc.

After this lecture you will be able to define the elicitation technique based on factors such as the cost, the risk, the location, the timing constraints,... On top of that you will also be able to account for practicalities related to organizing the elicitation session.

After this lecture you will know what the three main categories are of requirement elicitation techniques.

After this lecture you will know the interview's characteristics, when to use it, how to execute it, know the pros and cons, and you will also know what the best practices are.

After this lecture you will know the observation's characteristics, when to use it, how to execute it, know the pros and cons, and you will also know what the best practices are.

After this lecture you will know the brainstorming's characteristics, when to use it, how to execute it, know the pros and cons, and you will also know what the best practices are.

After this lecture you will know the workshop's characteristics, when to use it, how to execute it, know the pros and cons, and you will also know what the best practices are.

After this lecture you will know the documentation review's characteristics, when to use it, how to execute it, know the pros and cons, and you will also know what the best practices are.

After this lecture you will know the interface analysis characteristics, when to use it, how to execute it, know the pros and cons, and you will also know what the best practices are.

After this lecture you will know the survey's characteristics, when to use it, how to execute it, know the pros and cons, and you will also know what the best practices are.

After this lecture you will know the prototyping's characteristics, when to use it, how to execute it, know the pros and cons, and you will also know what the best practices are.

After this lecture you will know why confirming your understanding is important and how it can save you a lot of trouble down the line.

After this lecture you will have knowledge on how to confirm your understanding using techniques such as paraphrasing, follow-up questions, fact-checking with other documentation sources.

After this lecture you will be able to define the objective of why you want to communicate your elicitation results. This can either be for status of for approval.

After this lecture you will be able to customize the content of your message based your audience's information needs, level of maturity and timing constraint.

After this lecture you will be able define the right container or format to deliver the content of your message. We will cover formats such as a slide presentation, formal documentation and informal documentation. 

After this lecture you will be able to define the right platform to deliver the content of your message. We will cover platforms such as group, individual and non-verbal.

After this project you will be able to confidently apply the 4-steps of requirement elicitation in a professional context.

Just a small lecture to give you a couple of takeaways before you go out there to collect information and solve complex problems. Just like Sherlock Holmes ;)