1. Requirements Gathering Kick-off Presentation

2. IS PMF – Requirements Phase Let the business analysis begin! I inserted a Dilbert comic about requirements gathering here…

3. Purpose To gain a shared understanding of what business analysis is, and how it is used during the Requirements Phase of a project To use some business analysis techniques to: – Approve the business requirements – To identify the stakeholders

4. Agenda Lessons Learned Roundtable Logistics What is Business Analysis Getting Started… Next Steps – Parking Lot Review

5. LESSONS LEARNED If we only knew then what we know now…

6. Roundtable What experience have you had with other projects? With Requirements Analysis? – What worked well? – What could be improved?

7. Projects - Look Back What WorkedWhat Didn’t WorkWhat We Could Do Better

8. My Lessons Learned 1.“Maybe I should have done a kick-off first” 2.“I don’t have time to talk to xxx” 3.“I can transcribe my notes later” 4.“We’ve always done it this way” 5.“We know how x works (even though we don’t do it ourselves…) 6.Gee that BRD is epic!

9. BUSINESS ANALYSIS LOGISTICS

10. Beginning at the End NameRoleApproval DateApproval Method Approvals The following individuals are the official approvers of the quality and completeness of the requirements defined herein. This section also provides a record of when their official approval was received. Each approver is confirming that, “I agree that this set of requirements represents our best understanding of the requirements for this project and that the solution described will meet our needs as we understand them today. I agree to make future changes in this baseline through the project’s defined change process. I realize that changes might require us to renegotiate cost, resource, and schedule commitments.” (from Software Requirements, 3rd Edition, Karl Wiegers and Joy Beatty)

11. Operating Agreement Explain where documentation will be stored Explain the decision making process – We use a consensus approach when possible – Decisions are documented in meeting minutes Meetings – We follow effective meeting standards – We’ll always give you a break if the meeting is more than 90 minutes in length – We’ll collaborate to determine the best format and timing for meetings Your Availability – Discuss participant availability. Any upcoming vacations? What style of meetings work best?

12. What’s in it for me? If your company has a set of performance competencies, review them and identify the ones that are likely to be required during Requirements gathering.

13. WHAT IS BUSINESS ANALYSIS?

14. What is Business Analysis? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFDlUgLx tGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFDlUgLx tGM

15. Business Requirements Stakeholder Insight BRD Requirements Gathering Cycle Current Context Current Context Requirements Management

16. Business Analysis Plan Paste a high-level business analysis plan here

18. Parking Lot From babblingBA.com