Requirements Analysis & Design Definition - part 1 Flashcards
What is the purpose of Specify and Model Requirements?
- Analyze
- Synthesize
- Refine elicitation results into requirements and designs
What is the purpose of Verify Requirements?
Ensure that requirements and designs specifications and models meet quality standards and are usable for the purpose they serve.
What is the purpose of Validate Requirements?
Ensure that all requirements and designs align to the business requirements and support the delivery of needed value.
When and what for Matrices are used?
When the business analyst is modelling a requirement or set of requirements that have a complex but uniform structure. Matrices may be used for data dictionaries, requirements traceability, prioritizing requirements or for gap analysis.
What are the Diagrams?
Visual, often pictorial, representation of a requirement or set of requirements. Especially useful to depict complexity in a way that would be difficult to do with words.
Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria
Used to represent the acceptance and evaluation criteria attributes of requirements.
Business Capability Analysis
Used to represent features or functions of an enterprise.
Business Model Canvas
Used to describe the rationale for requirements.
Business Rules Analysis
Used to analyze business rules so that they can be specified and modelled alongside requirements.
Concept Modelling
Used to define terms and relationships relevant to the change and the enterprise.
Data Dictionary
Used to record details about the data involved in the change. Details may include definitions, relationships with other data, origin, format, and usage.
Data Flow Diagrams
Used to visualize data flow requirements.
Data Modelling
Used to model requirements to show how data will be used to meet stakeholder information needs.
Decision Modelling.
Used to represent decisions in a model in order to show the elements of decision making required.
Functional Decomposition
Used to model requirements in order to identify
constituent parts of an overall complex business function.
Glossary
Used to record the meaning of relevant business terms while analyzing requirements.
Interface Analysis
Used to model requirements in order to identify and validate inputs and outputs of the solution they are modelling.
Non-Functional Requirements Analysis
Used to define and analyze the quality of service attributes.