How to Gather and Document User Requirements Master the requirements process to fulfil the vision and scope of any project Course information Duration: 4 days PDUs: 28 Course Fee: £1695 excl. VAT €1995 excl. VAT Related links     Ask a question about this course     Download description Take a Pre- and Post-course assessment Select a Public Classroom Course Aligning Project Management with Organisational Strategy Business Process Analysis, Innovation and Design Coaching and Mentoring for Improved Performance Contract Management Principles and Practices Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Establishing the Project Management Office Facilitation Techniques for Requirements Development Financial Management for Project and Contract Managers Foundations of Business Analysis How to Gather and Document User Requirements Introduction to Business Analysis Leading Complex Projects Leading Project Managers Logical Data Modelling Managing Global Projects Managing Information Technology Projects Managing Projects Negotiation Skills PgMP® Exam Preparation PMP® Exam Preparation PMP® Power Exam Preparation Process Modelling Management Programme Management Project Leadership, Management and Communications Quality for Project Managers Rapid Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects Requirements Management: A Key to Project Success Risk Management Scheduling and Cost Control Simulation: Project Management Applications Systems Integration Project Management Taking Charge of Organisational Change Testing Techniques for Tracing and Validating Requirements Use Case Modelling Writing Statements of Work: The Heart of Any Contract     Register for a course by clicking a date below Central London 23-26 Mar 09 18-21 May 09 17-20 Aug 09 5-8 Oct 09 23-26 Nov 09 This course is also available in e-Training format.

You will learn how to:

• Define the role of the business analyst in the requirements process
• Effectively document a project's vision and scope
• Identify user classes and define their environment
• Develop a Requirements Analysis Work Plan
• Define, elicit, structure, validate and document business requirements
• Structure a Business Requirements Document

Course Synopsis

Incomplete requirements are often cited as the number-on reason projects or systems fail. Accurately defining the requirements and staying on course from the beginning is critical to success in our current environment.

This practical course introduces the role of the business analyst as it relates to the analysis and documentation of requirements. It familiarises participants with core knowledge and skills required to analyse and document user requirements and identifies how these requirements are defined and managed throughout the project life-cycle.

Recommendation: The material presented in this course provides great foundation level knowledge in analysis and documentation of requirements. If you plan to take additional courses in the Business Analysis Programme, this course gives you a great starting point from which to develop.

Course Topics

1. Roles, Definitions and Key Principles
   1. Critical role of the business analyst
   2. Creating and adopting a formal documentation strategy
   3. Key requirements documents
   4. Roles and mutual expectations among team members
2. Types of Requirements
   1. Attributed and other types of effective requirements
   2. What is an effective requirement?
3. Vision, Scope and Quality
   1. Defining problem, vision and scope
   2. Importance of a solution’s scope statement
   3. Documenting project vision and scope
   4. Including quality measures
   5. Managing change
4. Introduction to Modelling
   1. Documenting and tracking business rules
   2. Why use models?
   3. Modelling techniques
5. Creating a Requirements Work Plan
   1. The value of planning
   2. Elements of a requirements work plan
   3. Planning the analysis
   4. Identifying business analysis tasks
   5. Stakeholder identification and prioritisation
   6. User identification and profiling
6. Elicitation Techniques
   1. Dealing with barriers to elicitation
   2. Elicitation strategy
   3. Elicitation techniques
   4. Advantages and challenges of elicitation techniques
7. Documenting Requirements
   1. The purpose of documenting requirements
   2. Elements of a business requirements document
   3. Technical writing guidelines
   4. Requirements analysis
   5. The role of modelling in requirements documentation
   6. Use case and activity diagrams
   7. Presenting requirements
8. Managing Consensus
   1. Communicating effectively
   2. Effective consensus building
9. Validating Requirements
   1. Validation techniques
   2. Decision making and approvals
   3. Managing change and risk post-validation
   4. What happens next?

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