Section 17 : How to gather requirements Flashcards
1
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How to identify stakeholders ?
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- Helps to understand their needs
- Ensures you are gathering requirements from all relevant parties
- Who the stakeholders are
- Interests
- Concerns
2
Q
How to define the project scope ?
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- Ensures that you are gathering the right requirements
- Aids in not overloading the project with unnecessary tasks
- What will be included
- What will be excluded
3
Q
How to conduct a stakeholder interviews ?
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- Discuss their needs
- Gather their input on the project
- One-on-one interviews
- Focus groups
- Surveys
4
Q
How to document the requirements ?
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- Use a clear and organized manner
- Details on what the project should achieve
- Constraints
- Limitations
- Relevant deadlines or milestones
5
Q
How to review and revise the requirements ?
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- Make necessary revisions based on feedback from stakeholders
- Accurate
- Complete
6
Q
What are the tools to match the scenarios ?
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User Stories
Use cases
Interviews
Surveys
Using the delphi technique
7
Q
What is an user story ?
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- Short, narrative-style descriptions of a user’s needs and goals
- Capture functional requirements of a project from the perspective of the end-user
- Often written in the format:
- “As a [user], I want to [do something], so that I can [achieve a goal]”
8
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What is an use cases ?
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- Descriptions of how a system or process should behave:
- Actions
- Events
- Functional requirements:
- Detail
- Structure
- Detailed description
- Used in software development
9
Q
What is an interviews ?
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- Interactive
- In-depth
- In person
- Over the phone
- Via video conferencing
- Stakeholders
- Subject matter experts
- Other relevant parties
10
Q
What is a survey ?
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- Anonymous
- Ideal for large number of stakeholders
- Online
- By mail
- Through other means (apps, in-person)
11
Q
What is the delphi technique ?
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- Anonymous method
- Survey results analyzed by a third party
- Several rounds of anonymous discussion
- Goal is to gain consensus
- Fear of retribution
12
Q
Give me some requirements gathering approach ?
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- Stakeholder interviews
- Surveys
- Workshops
- Lessons learned
- Prototyping
- Documentation review
- Observations
13
Q
How to stakeholder interviews ?
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- Insights
- Perspectives
- Requirements
14
Q
How to conduct a workshop ?
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- Used to gather requirements from a group of stakeholders in a collaborative setting
- Brainstorming
- Problem-solving
- Group discussions
15
Q
What is prototyping ?
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- Gather feedback
- Gather requirements
- Validate assumptions
- Test ideas early in the development process
16
Q
What is documentation review ?
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- Business plans
- Policies
- Procedures
17
Q
How to make observations ?
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- Observing stakeholders can provide valuable insights
- Passive observation
- Active observation
- Shadowing
18
Q
What are a requirements traceabiliy matrix ?
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- Traces the relationships between requirements and the products or deliverables that they are intended to support
- Lists requirements for a project
- Shows how requirements are related
- Displays overall project goals
19
Q
What are the requirements traceability matrix ?
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- Requirement type (functional or non-functional)
- Stakeholder group (user or business requirements)
- Requirement status
- Who is responsible for implementation
- Dependencies
- Constraints
20
Q
What is a product backlog ?
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- Product
- Solution
- A prioritized list of work to be done
- Most important items at the top
- Typically used in agile/scrum
- Focused on the implementation of requirements rather than traceability
- A living document
- Updated
- Refined
- Prioritize work
