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Microcast: Great Requirements Are Free

Great requirements are free! 

Everybody understands that requirements are important, but most do not internalize that fact and take action.  In this fast-paced 8 minute video microcast you will find out that great requirements definition and management can dramatically reduce the cost of projects while greatly increasing the likelihood of success.

Poor requirements account for 70% of all project failures.  By investing in the requirements stage of a project, companies can:

  • earn significant savings in over the long term 
  • use less stakeholder time 
  • arrive at consensus faster
  • make more efficient use of development budget

In Great Requirements Are Free these points are demonstrated with examples and case studies that show the steep premium that companies pay for poor requirements. 

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Microcast: Executive Guide to Evaluating Requirements Quality

Requirements quality is tangible. This hard-hitting 10 minute video microcast presents the concrete rules that will allow you to quickly assess a requirements document and determine if it will likely lead to an effective implementation. 

“flawed requirements trigger 70% of all project failures.”

 

 In evaluating requirements quality, it is essential to ask yourself the following key questions:

 1.       Is the structure of the requirements document reasonable?  Good requirements should not be overly technical or complicated.  High quality requirements start with the business process and address what the business is trying to achieve, rather than focusing on how the goals will be accomplished.

 2.      Did the team define the data needed?  There is more to requirements excellence than just being organized.  There cannot be any ambiguity in a requirements document.

3.       Are the interdependencies documented?  This will come from effective, cross-functional elicitation meetings.  If interdependencies are not captured, you will have major problems. 

4.      What is the quality of the objectives?   Are they specific, measurable, achievable, results oriented, and time bound?

5.       Was the process for getting the requirements efficient for stakeholders?  Great requirements are all about process rather than the document itself.  If the process for eliciting requirements is poor there is likely something wrong and you have a high probability of failure.

This session is designed for the members of project steering committees that want simple, practical methods for evaluating risk in business requirements.

 

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