Developing & Managing Requirements™ Who is the Course For This course is for business and IT analysts who may Oversee, Lead, Manage, Plan, or Participate in the development, documentation, and management of requirements for a Project. There is no pre-requisite for this course, however the content is rich and the course is fast-paced. Individuals do not need formal exposure to requirements development or management prior to this course. Individuals currently functioning as requirements analysts find the exposure to the body of knowledge and the skills demonstrated and practiced during this course invaluable to their practice. Individuals in the following roles find the most benefit from this course: Business Analysts IT Analysts Requirements Analysts PMO Professionals Program Managers Process Managers Product Managers Service Managers Relationship Managers Business Development Professionals
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Skills You Will Master Define the requirements analyst role in the requirements process Document effectively a solution's purpose & scope Develop a work plan for requirements analysis Plan and run requirements sessions Elicit, structure, analyze, validate, and document requirements Structure a requirements document About the Course The course covers the processes found in the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK™) produced by the IIBA™. After completing this course, you will be prepared to effectively develop and manage requirements in a real project. Roles, Definitions and Key Principles Role of a requirements analyst Documentation strategy Roles and expectations with team members Types of Requirements Attributes & types of effective requirements What is an effective requirement? Purpose, Scope and Quality Defining problem, purpose, and scope Solution’s scope statement Documenting purpose and scope Quality measures Managing change Prototyping Why use prototypes? Prototyping techniques Documenting and tracking business rules
Creating a Requirements Work Plan The value of planning Elements of a requirements work plan Planning the analysis Identifying business analysis tasks Stakeholder identification and prioritization
User identification and profiling
Managing risk Facilitation Barriers to requirements elicitation Elicitation strategy Elicitation techniques Advantages & challenges of elicitation techniques Documenting Requirements Purpose of documenting requirements Elements of a Business Requirements Document
Technical writing guidelines
Requirements analysis
The role of modeling in requirements documentation
Use case and activity diagrams
Presenting requirements Managing Consensus Communicating effectively
Effective consensus building Validating Requirements Validation techniques
Decision making and approvals Managing change and risk post-validation
What happens next? After completing this course, a participant will be prepared to develop and manage requirements in projects of all sizes - successfully & with confidence. This course is currently offered only through Professional Services engagements. Please contact info@ArcellaGlobal.com or 888 832-7976 to learn more about this course. |