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2920: Writing Effective Requirements

Course length: 2 Days | Tuition: $1495.00

Master the writing techniques needed to create and document correct, clear, concise, comprehensive, and cohesive requirements. Analyze requirements and develop improvements, and learn how structuring affects clarity. Discover how well-written and clearly defined requirements can reduce the likelihood of scope creep and lead to fewer changes once a project is underway.

What You'll Learn

  • Good vs. bad requirements
  • Business requirements vs. functional and technical specifications
  • The five Cs of writing
  • Structure and compose requirements for clarity, relevance, and precision
  • Confirm that a requirement can be tested

Hands-On Exercises

  • Identifying the message
  • Adding paragraphs
  • Correcting ambiguity
  • Choosing the right word
  • Editing for conciseness

Who Needs to Attend

Systems analysts, business analysts, requirements analysts, developers, software engineers, IT project managers, project managers, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, program managers, testers, and QA specialists.
Course Outline

1. Business Analysis Fundamentals

  • Definition of Requirements
  • What Makes a Good Requirement?
  • Good vs. Bad Requirements
  • Business Requirements vs. Functional and Technical Specifications
  • Role of the Business Analyst

2. The Five Cs of Communication

  • Clarity
  • Conciseness
  • Correctness
  • Coherence
  • Completeness

3. The Importance of Structure

  • Structure and Compose Requirements for Clarity, Relevance, and Precision
  • White Space
  • Fonts and Text Layout
  • Headings
  • Bulleted and Numbered Lists
  • Tables and Figures

4. Quality of Requirements

5. Usability

6. Validation

7. Verification

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