Onsite

In this interactive course, participants will discover how to scope out project solutions, and elicit and analyze requirements. This course has a strong focus on the discovery process. BAs will learn about requirement types and will practice elicitation and analysis  techniques.

Through hands-on practice, participants plan powerful and engaging requirements workshops that engage and align stakeholders.

• Describe the attributes of a good requirements process
• Understand requirements types, what good requirements look like, and how requirements evolve
• Define and build consensus on product scope
• Discuss and work with various elicitation techniques
• Describe the dynamics of groups and teams when using various elicitation techniques
• Plan powerful and engaging requirements workshops and practice workshop elements

• Define the BA Role in Relation to Delivering Value
• Overview of the BA Process – Where do scoping & elicitation fit in?
• Requirement Types and Stated vs. Actual requirements
• Requirement/Design/Task Relationship
• Traditional IT Waterfall vs. Agile Approach
• Project Scope vs. Solution/Product Scope
• Scope/Context Diagrams
• Functional Requirements, Non-Functional Requirements and Business Rules
• Elicitation and Collaboration Techniques
  • Brainstorming (structured and unstructured)
  • 5 Whys
  • Mind Mapping
  • Requirements Workshops
  • Interviews
  • Observation
  • Surveys/Questionnaires
  • Prototyping
  • Data Research
• How to Select the Best Technique – What situations fit which technique?