Do the Right Things

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Do the Right Things: Practical Guidance for Adapting Your

Requirements Practices

24 April 201211:00 – 12:30 EST

© EBG Consulting, 2012


Ellen GottesdienerPresident & Founder

EBG [email protected]

@ellengott (twitter)

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Do the Right Things: Practical Guidance for Adapting Your Requirements PracticesCopyright © 2012 EBG Consulting, Inc.

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Ellen Gottesdiener www.ebgconsulting.com


Facilitator, trainer, mentor, agile coach, conference advisorYears of varied project and product experienceCertified Professional Facilitator, Certified Scrum MasterExpert Reviewer, contributor to IIBA BABOK® (Business Analysis Body of

Knowledge) and contributor to in-progress Agile BABOK®

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introintrorequirements requirements practices & practices & adaptationsadaptations

adaptation factorsadaptation factors

q & aq & a

summarysummary


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adapt or ______adapt or ______


good practices


gradient of practices


adaptioadaptionn

factorsfactors


Team Factors

Proxim ity

Team J ellEngineering

Practices

Oversight

Dom ainKnow ledge


ProductFactors

I m portanceof QualityAttributes

Size

ProjectType

Usage

Com plexity

Econom ic


practicepracticess


requirements

engineering


set the stage


stakeholders


risk management


value management


C R A C K customer


vision


partnership


shared understanding


glossary


multiple formal techniques


informal, ad hoc


direct stakeholder involvemen

t


rich analysis models,

verification matrices, formal

prioritization


lightweight analysis models, ATs, informal prioritization


front loaded targeted,

informal


7 product dimensions


options


assemble options


7 Ds structured conversation


multiple models, scenarios

continual prioritization


formal specification

document


low-fidelity

documentation, tests


inspections, structured walkthrus


reqts– examples- tests

Adapted from: Agile Alliance Functional Testing Tools

Open Space Workshop 2007


user acceptance tests,

demos


reviews,prototypes


change control, trace matrices


refine the backlog (queue)


physically track requirements


product roadmap


summary:summary:adapting adapting

requirements requirements practicespractices


customer involvement


complenesspurposeful(in

)


timing


documentation


requirements

management


green field

enhancement

package selection / config

BI, DW

adapt


adapt


adapting


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Ellen GottesdienerPresident & Founder

EBG [email protected]

@ellengott (twitter)

Michael MilutisDirector of Marketing

Computer Aid, Inc. (CAI)[email protected]

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