VANCOUVER Chapter Study Group

BABOK Chapter 4 – Requirements

Management & CommunicationNovember 19, 2015

Leonardo Arbelaez, CBAP

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OVERVIEW

The Requirements Management and

Communication Knowledge Area

describes the activities and

considerations for managing and

expressing requirements to a broad and

diverse audience.

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STRPC – “Star PC”

• 4.1 Manage Solution Scope & Requirements

• 4.2 Manage Requirements Traceability

• 4.3 Maintain Requirements for Re-use

• 4.4 Prepare Requirements Package

• 4.5 Communicate Requirements

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4.1 Manage Solution Scope & Req.

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• To secure approval of Req. from stake-

holders who have the appropriate authority

• If business need changes, the solution

scope must also change

• Change-driven approaches typically do not

use a formal change control process

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Elements:

• Solution Scope Management

• Conflict and Issue Management

• Presenting Requirements For Review

• Approval

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• Problem Tracking (General technique)

• Baselining

• Signoff

Techniques

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4.2 Manage Req. Traceability

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• The goal of tracing is to ensure that Req.

are linked back to a business objective.

• Derivation: backward traceability

• Allocation: forward traceability

• Tracing requirements also supports impact

analysis, change management,

requirements allocation and Req. Coverage

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Elements:

• Relationships (Necessity, Effort, Subset,

Cover, Value)

• Impact Analysis

• Configuration Management System

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• Coverage Matrix

Techniques

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Chapter 4 – Techniques

• Table or spreadsheet used to manage

tracing.

• Used when there are relatively few Req.

• Factors to consider when deciding between

using a tool vs manual tracing requirements:

# of Req, Estimated system lifetime or Level

of organizational maturity

Coverage Matrix

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4.3 Maintain Req for Re-use

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• Identify requirements that are candidates for

long-term usage by the organization

• Requirements that an organization must

meet on an ongoing basis

• These requirements may be stored in a

repository, easily available to other analysts.

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Elements:

• Ongoing Requirements

• Satisfied Requirements

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• None

Techniques

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4.4 Prepare Req. Package

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• Req. should be presented in formats that

are understandable by the stakeholder.

• Req. must be clear, concise, accurate, and

at the appropriate level of detail

• Possible forms for Req. packages (Formal

Documentation, Presentation or Models)

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Elements:

• Work Products and Deliverables (Work

Product might not become a deliverable)

• Format

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• Requirements Documentation

• Requirements for Vendor Selection

Techniques

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Chapter 4 – Techniques

• BRD (Business Req. Documentation)

• Product Roadmap

• SRS (Software Req. Specification)

• Supplementary Requirements Specification

• Vision Document

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Chapter 4 – Techniques

• RFI: Request for Information

• RFQ: Request for Quote

• RFP: Request for Proposal

• BA must develop evaluation criteria based on the

business Req. before looking at available products

• Solution team should carefully consider how each

vendor solution will be evaluated

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4.5 Communicate Requirements

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• Essential for bringing stakeholders to a

common understanding of requirements

• BA should posses effective communication

skills

• Comm. Req. includes conversations, notes,

documents, presentations & discussions.

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Elements:

• General Communication (Requirements

communication is performed iteratively)

• Presentations (Formal & Informal)

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• Requirements Workshops

• Structured Walkthrough

Techniques

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Pop Quiz

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Answers

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Q & A

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