Requirements Elicitation / Gathering techniques Flashcards
Requirements Elicitation/ Requirements Gathering Techniques
Interviews
Surveys
Workshops
Oberservation
Prototyping
Document analysis/sampling
Focus groups
Brainstorming
Interviews
One on one conversation between an interviewer and participant to gather information about their needs, preferences, and opinions.
Allows personalized insights and in-depth exploration of subject .
Advantages of Interviews
1) In-depth Insight
2) Clarification
3) No verbal cues
Disadvantages of Interviews
1) Time Consuming
2) interviewer bias impacts data
Surveys
Structured set of questions presented to a larger group of people to collect quantitative data.
Efficient for gathering broad range of opinions
can be administered through online forms or paper based questionnaires.
Advantages of surveys
Quick data gathered from many
Honest responses due to privacy
Disadvantages of Surveys
low response rates
Possible question clarity
Questionnaires
Consist of pre-defined questions but self administered by respondents.
Can be delivered electronically or on paper, providing cost effective way to collect data.
Advantages of Questionnaires
1) Privacy encourages honest responses
2) Quantitative analysis
3) Cost effective
Disadvantages of Questionnaires
1) Misinterpretation
2) Low response rate
Focus Groups
A moderated group discussion with selected set of participants to explore their perceptions, attitudes, and experiences on specific topics.
Advantages of Workshop
1) Collaborative
2) Real-time feedback speeds up progress
Disadvantages of workshop
1) conflict
2) Group dynamics - dominant voices overshadow others
Advantages of Document Sampling
1) rapid overview
2) efficient
Disadvantages of Document Sampling
Incomplete information
No interaction
