1-12 How To Write Effective Business Requirements for IT Projects
Four 90-minute virtual workshop sessions
Between 50-75% of all business professionals do not get the information technology solutions they need and deserve. On the other hand, the information technology professionals have a phenomenal track record for developing quality software once they know what the business wants. The challenge obviously lies in defining what the business community needs in a manner that IT can understand and deliver. This workshop addresses the "language of requirements."
This class provides a proven set of core techniques, methods and tricks to help business professionals create, clarify, and confirm business requirements (i.e., meaning the kind of requirements that the IT professionals need to do their job well). This is the "business side" of the techniques we teach to business systems analysts and developers to enhance communications and deliver the technology the business community really needs.
If you are a person who needs and wants better information technology to improve your business performance, this course is for you. Ideally, you will attend this class together with one or more business systems analysts who need your input to define the right solution the first time around.
Topics
- Write "good" business system requirements
- Distinguish between business requirements and system requirements (specifications)
- Categorize requirements based on focus
- Identify and document business rules as requirements
- Group requirements based on shared characteristics
- Evaluate a requirement for testability
- Use a process to validate your understanding of requirements written by other people
- Discuss the difficulties in writing Quality, "-ability" requirements (ex: reliability)
- Use templates to guide writing requirements
- Evaluate the completeness of your requirements
Who Should Attend?
- Business Process Users
- Business Process Managers
- Business Subject Matter Experts
- User liaison personnel
- Business System Analysts
- System Analysts
- An intact project team who will work together to define the requirements for a specific project
- Anyone who would like to understand their customer's needs before they develop the solution
Course Dates & Locations:
| Date |
Times |
Cost |
Location |
Enrollment |
| July 17-18, 2008 |
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT |
$500 |
Online |
To register call 317.275.2870 |
| October 7-8, 2008 |
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT |
$500 |
Online |
To register call 317.275.2870 |
| December 11-12, 2008 |
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT |
$500 |
Online |
To register call 317.275.2870 |