Requirements Planning and Management


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Overview/Description
Business analysts must plan and closely manage requirements for a project in accordance with existing standards in an organization. First, they must identify key roles and stakeholders and decide on a work division strategy. Then, they are ready to handle a key aspect of the business analyst role - that of working with requirements, which is the focus of this course. Working with requirements involves identifying the activities to be undertaken in order to identify requirements, identifying the risks associated with various project requirements, and managing project scope as it relates to requirements. This course will examine how to identify and manage requirements risk, identify and estimate requirements activities, control requirements scope, track metrics for projects and products, and manage requirements change. This course is aligned with the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®) published by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA™). It is designed to assist in the preparation for the IIBA's Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP™) certification. IIBA, Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, BABOK, Certified Business Analysis Professional, CBAP are registered trademarks owned by the International Institute of Business Analysis.

Target Audience
Senior executives; managers of business analysis professionals; business analysis professionals; project managers; educators and trainers teaching business analysis and related topics; consultants and other specialists in business analysis

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Requirements Planning and Management

  • recognize the benefits of knowing the risks and activities associated with planning requirements for a project
  • identify requirements that appear to be a risk from a list of requirements
  • identify the processes associated with the techniques used to define a risk response strategy
  • identify examples of activities associated with requirement-selection tasks
  • match the tasks for estimating requirements activities to their descriptions
  • recognize the benefits of knowing about the key tasks for managing requirements scope for a project
  • match the tasks for the maintenance of requirements scope to their purpose
  • identify examples of requirements problems that are highlighted in a traceability matrix
  • differentiate between product and project metrics
  • match the tasks for tracking metrics for projects to their activities
  • identify the key activities associated with tracking metrics for products
  • identify the key tasks associated with the four stages of managing requirements change
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