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Critical Skills for Writing Better Requirements
Our failure to understand users’ requirements is the most common source of project defects, delays, and cancellations. The accumulating evidence is unequivocal: most serious problems associated...
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$1,295 USD
Duration
2 days
Course Code
CSWBR
Available Formats
Classroom
Overview
Our failure to understand users’ requirements is the most common source of project defects, delays, and cancellations. The accumulating evidence is unequivocal: most serious problems associated with projects are related directly to requirements. Critical Skills for Writing Better Requirements attacks the problem of project failures by addressing their root causes: incomplete, poorly defined, and/or changing requirements. This two-day course will give you hands-on experience with the latest proven techniques for gathering requirements. Lively lectures combined with insightful demonstrations and realistic practice exercises will provide you with the competence and confidence to improve project outcomes through better requirements elicitation. You’ll gain a thorough understanding of the challenges faced in defining correct requirements, practical approaches for eliciting and documenting requirements, and strategies for managing requirements throughout the project life cycle. If you participate in defining project scope, capturing requirements, or managing project scope, you can’t afford to miss this course!
Skills Gained
- Improve tools and techniques for gathering and developing more precise requirements
- Increase customers’ satisfaction by determining and understanding their true needs
- Prevent errors in specifications by defining project scope up front
- Identify the key players and learn to communicate effectively with them
- Learn how to collect and use metrics so you can plan better
- Lower development/maintenance costs by designing cost-effective processes
- Understand how to plan and manage the software development life cycle more effectively
- Develop templates and checklists that work
- Save money by reducing and managing ever-present scope creep
- Improve business analysis techniques to reduce project cost
Who Can Benefit
This writing business requirements training course is valuable for all those involved in managing and defining projects.
- Business Customer or Partner who wants to work more effectively with IT colleagues to identify project requirements for solving business problems
- Business Analyst who needs to define or gather users' business requirements
- Business Systems Analyst who wants to understand user's business requirements, translate them into clear statements of functional and system requirements and add value to IT projects
- Systems Analyst who must develop correct technical specifications from functional and system requirements
- Designer or Developer who desires to produce a high-quality system from the functional and systems requirements
- Project Manager or Team Leader who must ensure that IT project team members correctly understand customer needs and deliver high quality solutions within project constraints.
Course Details
Course Outline
- I. The Business Case for Requirements Engineering
- II. Foundations of Requirements Development
- III. Project Initiation
- IV. Eliciting Functional and Non-functional Requirements
- V. Use Cases: A First Look
- VI. Reviewing and Refining Requirements
- VII. Creating a Requirements Specification
Schedule
FAQ
Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?
Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.
What languages are used to deliver training?
Most courses are conducted in English, unless otherwise specified. Some courses will have the word "FRENCH" marked in red beside the scheduled date(s) indicating the language of instruction.
What does GTR stand for?
GTR stands for Guaranteed to Run; if you see a course with this status, it means this event is confirmed to run. View our GTR page to see our full list of Guaranteed to Run courses.
How do I find an Ascendient Learning training location?
We have training locations across the United States and Canada - View a complete list of classroom training locations.
Which delivery formats are available?
At Ascendient Learning, we offer training that is Instructor-Led, Online, Virtual, and Self-Paced.
Does Ascendient Learning deliver group training?
Yes, we provide training for groups, individuals and private on sites. View our group training page for more information.
What does vendor-authorized training mean?
As a vendor-authorized training partner, we offer a curriculum that our partners have vetted. We use the same course materials and facilitate the same labs as our vendor-delivered training. These courses are considered the gold standard and, as such, are priced accordingly.
Is the training too basic, or will you go deep into technology?
It depends on your requirements, your role in your company, and your depth of knowledge. The good news about many of our learning paths, you can start from the fundamentals to highly specialized training.
How up-to-date are your courses and support materials?
We continuously work with our vendors to evaluate and refresh course material to reflect the latest training courses and best practices.
Are your instructors seasoned trainers who have deep knowledge of the training topic?
Ascendient Learning instructors have an average of 27 years of practical IT experience and have also served as consultants for an average of 15 years. To stay current, instructors spend at least 25 percent of their time learning new, emerging technologies and courses.
Do you provide hands-on training and exercises in an actual lab environment?
Lab access is dependent on the vendor and the type of training you sign up for. However, many of our top vendors will provide lab access to students to test and practice. The course description will specify lab access.
Will you customize the training for our company’s specific needs and goals?
We will work with you to identify training needs and areas of growth. We offer a variety of training methods, such as private group training, on-site of your choice, and virtually. We provide courses and certifications that are aligned with your business goals.
How do I get started with certification?
Getting started on a certification pathway depends on your goals and the vendor you choose to get certified in. Many vendors offer entry-level IT certification to advanced IT certification that can boost your career. To get access to certification vouchers and discounts, please contact info@ascendientlearning.com.
Will I get access to content after I complete a course?
You will get access to the PDF of course books and guides, but access to the recording and slides will depend on the vendor and type of training you receive.
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Reviews
I found this course informative. It was easy to follow and provided some good information.
Labs and the study materials provided for Architecting on AWS course are very easy to understand and explains all the topics required to pass the Associate certification.
The class was very vast paced however the teacher was very good at checking in on us while giving us time to complete the labs.
Sean is the very good instructor. I would like to take his class again in the future.
The tool provided to practice the course teachings is very functional and easy to use.
