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                   Identifying Business needs, in-depth 
    
                  How often have you heard,  "I'll know it when I see it"? 
                   
                  This WEBinar will go deeper into the strategies and tools
                  used in Step 1 of the High Quality Requirements Model. Step 1
                  is perhaps the most important phase of the requirements
                  gathering process.  
                  The deliverable
                  and essential tools of this crucial step in requirements gathering including
                  those as shown in the following chart, lay the foundation for
                  the success or failure of project plans:  
    
                                      
                      
                        | Step | 
                        Phase | 
                        Deliverable | 
                        Tools | 
                       
                      
                        | 1 | 
                        Identify
                          Business Needs | 
                        User Statement 
                          of Reqts  | 
                        Process Charts 
                          Problem Statement 
                          Reqts User List 
                          Critical Success Factors 
                          Problem Stmt  
                          User Stmt of Reqts | 
                       
                     
    
                  The High Quality Requirements Model is a 6 step
                  requirements gathering process useful for end users, business
                  analysts, and developers.  By means of its structure, it
                  automatically assures mission-based, needs-based requirements
                  that are not solutions-driven.   
    
                  Some of The 10 tools of Step 1  
                  Mission Discovery 
                  Method to clarify and refine mission of customer pertinent
                  to focus topic.  
                  Existing Process Discovery 
                  Method to uncover existing processes (or lack thereof)
                  pertinent to focus topic.  
                  User Process Charts 
                  Method to uncover missing and/or inadequate relationship
                  between mission and existing process.  
                  Map Translation  
                  Method to receive and resolve many different views (maps) of
                  the Step 1 process.  
                  Problem Statement 
                  Method to find requirements by finding and tracing back to
                  true business needs all problems that are known and can be
                  discovered. 
                  Ambiguity Tests  
                  Methods to achieve clarity and accuracy in communications and
                  representation (documentation) of requirements. 
                  and more... 
    
                  Conducted Wed., Jan. 3,  2007 
    
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                  More Detail 
    
                  Note: for more detail on the key learning objectives of the
              full course go to Requirements
                  Gathering.
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