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Effective / Agile Requirements Gathering

This is not your traditional requirements gathering course! This course focuses on how to effectively and efficiently gather user requirements using creative visual modeling and powerful engaging techniques. You will learn how to differentiate the levels of requirements, design a simple 4 step process for gathering the right level at the right time. You will learn by practicing how to use fun facilitation activities to gather the “breadth” of user requirements up front and catch the usually ‘missing’ ones. You will learn how to break down big requirements into small manageable ones and how to dive into the details later. You’ll learn a creative business value points method for prioritizing requirements and how to take dependency into consideration.. You will learn about business rules, acceptance tests, process modeling and UI prototyping. (Agile or Non-Agile versions of the course available).
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What You’ll Learn

  • How to address requirements challenges
  • Stakeholder analysis and establishing their ownership
  • Understanding the 4 levels of requirements
  • 4 step process for gathering requirements
  • Defining the Product Vision
  • Defining the customer’s “Conditions of Satisfaction”
  • Facilitation and Elicitation techniques for Requirements Gathering
  • High Level Use Case Diagrams
  • Brainstorming and consolidating features
  • The art of breaking down epics into small chunks
  • The Non-Functional/Technical Requirements
  • Using Business Value Points and Dependency for prioritization
  • Identifying and mitigating Risk
  • Yes, Now Let’s Talk Details!
  • When is a Requirement “Done”?
  • User Acceptance Tests (UPFRONT!)
  • Effective Process Modeling
  • UI Prototyping
  • How to manage the inevitable CHANGE!

Who should attend? Business Analysts, Project Managers, Product/Business Owners, Team Leaders and Consultants responsible for gathering requirements.

Duration: 3 Days
*2 Day option available

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Why This Course?

  • This course is 70% highly interactive workshops!
  • You will learn creative and effective requirements gathering techniques that will make look like a PRO!
  • Day 2 can use YOUR own project for private courses. Just let us know ahead of the class.
  • You will learn using our very effective Explain-Live Demo-Practice method of teaching!
  • You will receive our most valuable “Requirements Gathering Cheat Sheet” handout!
  • You will receive our colored step by step “Thinklet” cards!
  • Taught by our dynamic, high energy practicing facilitator!

11 Group Workshops Included!

  • Workshop 1 – Personal Objectives
  • Workshop 2 – Requirements Gathering Challenges
  • Workshop 3 – Defining the Vision, Objectives and Measures for Success
  • Workshop 4 – Designing Your Approach Using the Design Template
  • Workshop 5 – Identifying Personas, Drawing Use Case Diagrams
  • Workshop 6 – Drawing High Level Process Diagrams
  • Workshop 7 – “Brainstorming” Features
  • Workshop 8 – Breaking Downs/Slicing The Epics
  • Workshop 9 – Business, Risk, Dependency Prioritization
  • Workshop 10 – UI Prototyping
  • Workshop 11 – Defining Acceptance Tests
  • Workshop 12 – We Should Try
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