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Defining
and Managing Requirements
The primary
sources of failure in IT projects are - stuff from Software Engineering
1) poor or
missing requirements
2) poorly
estimated task durations.
There are ways to
avoid these problems.
Introduction
- Definition of requirements
- The importance of requirements management
- Types of requirements
- How requirements management fits into the project
management area
Categories of requirements
- Stated requirements vs derived requirements
- Functional requirements
- Performance requirements
- Regulatory requirements
- User requirements vs. system requirements vs. design
requirements
- Interface requirements
Sources of Requirements
- The user
- Best practices
- Regulations
- Decomposition
- How to obtain requirements from the user
- Software requirements
Management of Requirements
- Decomposing business needs into technical requirements
- Organization
- Documentation
- Traceability
- Verification and validation
- Requirements conflicts
- Change management and change control
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