Developing User Requirements Training: The Key to Project Success

Learn to write user requirements in this Developing User Requirements training through an immersive, simulated case study. Learn to enhance your requirements development process — from planning the project through conducting elicitation meetings and writing well-formed user requirements — to validating and managing changes to them. Gain the skills you need to get the correct information from your stakeholders at the beginning and avoid wasting resources later.  In this user requirements training, you participate in an immersive, simulated case study, providing you with the practical skills necessary to write well-formed and validated user requirements. In addition, you learn how to organize and sequence requirements into a user requirements document, prepare a plan for completing a user requirements project, and analyze requirements with a process mapping methodology. Developing User Requirements Training: The Key to Project Success Benefits In this User Requirements training, you will learn how to: Write well-formed, validated requirements, and enhance your development processes.  Prepare for stakeholder interviews with video scenarios.  Analyze, write, and validate requirements via simulations.  Compare different requirements approaches.  Developing User Requirements Training Prerequisites This is a foundational level training course available to anyone who already develops user requirements in their day-to-day job and wants to enhance their career or someone new to user requirements looking to enhance their knowledge and broaden their career options. Developing User Requirements Continuing Education Information This course is eligible for 15 AXELOS My PRINCE2 CPD points. Learn more now — PRINCE2® CPD Information › ITIL®, PRINCE2®, PRINCE2 Agile®, AgileSHIFT®, MoP®, and MSP® are registered trademarks of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.  User Requirements Instructor-Led Course Outline Module 1: Introduction Requirements classification scheme The requirements development process: elicit, analyze, specify, validate and manage Challenges to developing effective requirements Requirements and Agile Module 2: Planning a Requirements Project Interpreting existing documentation  Defining requirements throughout the organization  Analyzing business cases and project history  Identifying stakeholders  Determining scope  Creating a project action plan  Identifying and managing requirements  Identifying elements of an action plan  Writing a plan for a simulated project  Module 3: Eliciting Requirements from Stakeholders Planning elicitation meetings  Choosing the right people to interview  Selecting the best interview methodology  Constructing questions that deliver results  Facilitating elicitation meetings  One-on-one meetings  Group meetings  Dysfunctional meetings  Meetings with executives  Module 4: Analyzing Requirements with Process Maps Process-mapping methodologies Process-mapping procedure and materials Creating process maps Other analysis methodologies Applying alternative graphical models Performing gap analyses Completing the analysis Prioritizing requirements with creative techniques Completing a requirements analysis worksheet Module 5: Writing and Assembling the Requirements Document Gathering the pieces Extracting requirements from an analysis worksheet Utilizing templates Key writing skills Principles of well-formed requirements Word sensitivity, syntax, and active voice Well-formed vs. ill-formed requirements Editing and rewriting requirements The top five challenges to creating well-formed requirements Organizational skills and traceability Organizing requirements into a readable document Sequencing and numbering strategies Linking requirements to business needs and test cases Creating a traceability strategy for the organization Module 6: Validating Requirements Applying validation skills Selecting the best validation methods Validation checklists Methods for conducting a walk-through Writing testable requirements Reviews, walk-throughs, and inspections Checking the testability of requirements Module 7: Managing Changes to Update Your Document What you can expect Types of changes Frequency, magnitude of changes Navigating the change process Conducting a change meeting Managing change requests Accepting and rejecting changes Module 8: Integrating Requirements into Your Organization Choosing the right requirements-management tools Selecting appropriate requirements standards Defining an ideal requirements process