Requirements Management

Audience

Project Managers,   Programme Managers, Steering Group members, Key Stakeholders, Business Change Managers, Benefits Managers, Team members, Requirements Managers and PMO Office staff.

Background

There is a common saying projects never deliver what the customer wanted. Traditionally we ask customers to say what they want at the beginning of a project, then attempt to deliver it.  But it is often difficult to know what you want until you actually see it. And the longer it takes to finish the wok the more likely it is that people will change their minds about what they want leading to the dreaded ”scope creep”.

This course provides a simple, pragmatic and proven process for gathering and managing requirements throughout a project. It recognises that changes are likely to occur and ensures that each change is assessed, auctioned and (importantly) communicated to the stakeholders.

Objectives

On completion, delegates will understand how to:

• Apply a pragmatic process for managing requirements
• Recognise and control  “Scope Creep”
• Manage people’s expectations
• Describe a ‘good’ requirement
• Explain how to ensure traceability of requirements
• Set up and run a Change Board
• Begin applying the techniques on real projects and programmes

Course Content

• The role of Requirements Management within projects and programmes
• The Requirements Management process
• Ownership of requirements
• Requirements elicitation and analysis
• Functional and non-functional requirements
• Prioritisation of requirements
• Retirements traceability and testing
• Scope Creep : managing changing requirements
• Change Requests, Change Boards, baselining and reporting
• Agile projects and requirements management
• Putting it all into practice

This workshop uses a number of practical exercises and simulations to reinforce the techniques and concepts covered in the workshop material. In addition, numerous examples from the lecturers’  own experiences of managing change are included.

Duration

One day, in-house

Awards

n/a

Delivered by

This course is delivered in association with SMA

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