Requirements Management

Course Code: 1935

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Overview

Requirement lifecycle management is one of the six knowledge areas identified in the BABOK™ and describes the tasks required to manage and maintain requirements and design information from their inception to their retirement. This business analysis course equips participants with the skills and knowledge required for managing requirements and requirement design throughout the complete solution development lifecycle using a structured and standardized approach, based on the latest ‘Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK™)’ from IIBA™ and various sources from PMI™.

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

Live Classroom
Duration: 2 days

Live Virtual Classroom
Duration: 2 days

What You'll learn

Trace requirements’ relationships to/from other requirements and to/from other elements upstream (e.g. enterprise goals/objectives, mission/vision, values) and/or downstream (e.g. design/architecture, implementation components, testing, etc.)
Capture/maintain requirements’ attributes (e.g. type, status, functional area, release, complexity, etc.)
Assess and prioritize requirements (e.g. based on value to organization, value to customers, compliance, risks, etc.)
Manage changes to requirements (e.g. identify and assess requests to change, analyze/document changes, create a business case, evaluate and approve changes, monitor change implementation, track changes, etc.)
Manage project/product scope (e.g. define scope, agree/approve changes, avoid scope creep/gold plating)
Plan, monitor and control implementation of requirements/design
Manage requirements quality (e.g. identify missing/incomplete and/or bad requirements)
Analyze impact of proposed changes to requirements/design
Plan/optimize resource utilization
Reuse requirements within and across projects and solutions

Outline

Module 1: Business analysis – overview, core concepts

What is a Requirement?
Project vs. Product Requirements
Requirements Engineering Overview
Cost of Requirements Errors
Business Analysis Core Concepts Model (BACCMTM)
Requirement Levels and Requirement Types
Systems Thinking
SDLC Phases and Artifacts; Examples
Knowledge Areas, Tasks, and Task Definition (Inputs/Outputs, Stakeholders, Guidelines & Tools, Other factors to consider)

Module 2: Introduction to RLCM – Core concepts

Purpose
RLCM and the BACCM^TM
RLCM Tasks:
- Trace Requirements
- Maintain Requirements
- Prioritize Requirements
- Assess Requirement Changes
- Approve Requirements

Module 3: RLCM in the BA Context/Big Picture

Where does RLCM fit in the SDLC framework (spectrum)?
RLCM and the BA Core Concepts Model
IIBA vs. PMI

Module 4: Task - Trace Requirements

Purpose (WHY)
Stakeholders (WHO)
Inputs, Activities, Outputs (WHAT)
Process, Guidelines, Tools, and Techniques (HOW)
Knowledge Check and Practice

Module 5: Task - Maintain Requirements

Purpose (WHY)
Stakeholders (WHO)
Inputs, Activities, Outputs (WHAT)
Process, Guidelines, Tools, and Techniques (HOW)
Knowledge Check and Practice

Module 6: Task - Prioritize Requirements

Purpose (WHY)
Stakeholders (WHO)
Inputs, Activities, Outputs (WHAT)
Process, Guidelines, Tools, and Techniques (HOW)
Knowledge Check and Practice

Module 7: Task - Assess Requirements Changes

Purpose (WHY)
Stakeholders (WHO)
Inputs, Activities, Outputs (WHAT)
Process, Guidelines, Tools, and Techniques (HOW)
Knowledge Check and Practice

Module 8: Task - Approve Requirements/Design

Purpose (WHY)
Stakeholders (WHO)
Inputs, Activities, Outputs (WHAT)
Process, Guidelines, Tools, and Techniques (HOW)
Knowledge Check and Practice

Module 9: RLCM's relationships with other KAs

Strategy Analysis
Requirements Analysis & Design Definition
Solution Evaluation
Elicitation and Communication
BA Planning and Monitoring
RLCM [iterative & incremental]

Module 10: RLCM in the context of related BA Perspectives

RLCM in Agile
RLCM and Business Architecture
RLCM according to PMI
Overview of PMI’s approach on RLCM
PMI Publications, Resources
PMI-PBA Certification
Business Analysis Domains
Requirements Management and Change
Tasks covering/related to RLCM:
- Business Analysis Planning
- Requirements Elicitation and Analysis
- Traceability and Monitoring