Gathering project requirements: made simple

Gathering project requirements completely and correctly paves the way for many of the project activities that follows including project estimation, scheduling, risk assessment and so on.

This step has a great influence on the design and development of the product or service that is envisaged by the idea owner.

The course:

a.  outlines the process involved in gathering project requirements with common scenarios and examples.

b.  equips the students with techniques to manage the challenges faced during the gathering of project requirements.

The agenda of the course includes:

*  Stakeholder analysis

*  Setting the scope the project (Scope / context diagram)

*  Elicitation (Gather and elicit requirements using Interview, Workshop, Scenario, Usecase, Survey)

*  Verification (using Mindmap)

*  Writing Requirements specification (best practices to ensure quality and Requirements analysis)

*  Create solutions (Brainstorming for ideas and Focus Group Discussion for analysis and Decision Analysis and Resolution for selecting the best solution / option)

Exercises are provided to enhance the understanding of the topics.

The facilitator is extending his support to review and provide feedback on the completed exercises.

Key takeaway:  An excel based toolkit that contains:

**  examples of requirements gathered for four scenarios

** examples of mindmaps for three scenarios

Reference document is provided for further learning and also to move to next level of career growth in terms of certification