Requirements Management and Communication

Section I. Overview of the Major Tasks of Requirements Management and Communication

• BABOK® tasks of this Knowledge Area
• The Trust Factor

Section II. Input for Requirements Management and Communication

Section III. Prepare Requirements Package

Section IV. Communicate Requirements

• Reading Body Language
• Requirements Work Shop
• Structured Walk Through

Section V. Manage Solution Scope and Requirements

• Sign-off and Baseline
• Define Scope Creep – The Case for Scope Management
• Scope Changes

Section VI. Manage Requirements Traceability

• Coverage Matrix
• Requirements Management Tools Discussion

Section VII. Maintain Requirements for Reuse

Hands-on group exercises will follow each section of the class. Led by your instructor, practice the real-world skills you learn in immediate breakout sessions. In-class exercises help you identify and examine first-hand problems that you may be experiencing. Through group effort, you and your peers will discuss ways your department or company should be handling problems up front and how you can improve those early, critical changes. You will also identify and practice strategies that you and your organization can use to better manage project scope and change.

• Using a case study — gain an understanding of the existing requirements and project scope
• Learn about base-lining Project Requirements
• Using the case study work as a team to create Traceability Matrix
• Learn how to use Traceability to better estimate changes
• Review a change request and work in teams to understand impact of the request on your Project.
• Work as a team to complete a Change Request
  • Determine where requirements are impacted (which requirements)
  • Develop estimates for the changes
  • Measure the impact of the change on the project schedule, and budget.