COURSE SPECIFICATIONS

Course Code:		C313
Duration:		3 hours
Author:		The Information Architecture Group
Rating:
Pre-requisites:		None
Level		Intermediate Level

Course Summary

This is one in a series of courses that focus on the phases of The Requirements Discovery Process. This course is intended to take the participant through a process of describing and documenting the scope of your project. Scope defines what is, and is not, part of our system.

The course teaches techniques to identify the in and out-of-scope business activities, objects, interfaces and variations as a fundamental first step to scoping the product functionality.

Elicitation methods are covered that involve subject matter experts and representatives from other systems and departments.

The discussion of scope also introduces the project team to methods of modeling the high-level scope and ensuring an appropriate level of detail is specified that will enable a fast and accurate start to a project. And we’ll be applying best practices along the way so that your definition of scope will contribute to the definition of business requirements that conform to industry best practices standard deliverables.

Delivery Options

Who Should Attend

Business Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, Systems Analysts, Project Managers, Business Managers

You can use these techniques regardless of the development environment to describe requirements when you are:

• enhancing an existing system
• building a new system in-house,
• purchasing an off-the-shelf package or
• outsourcing the construction of the system.

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Learning Objectives

In this course you will learn:

• What scope is and why it is important.
• When we describe scope.
• Who should be involved in the scoping effort, and
• How to effectively describe scope.

Features

Video			Flash
Audio			Interactive Components
Exercises			Live Instructor
Quizes			Printable Reference Material
Completion Certificate

Reviews

Actually teaches how-to-do requirements Jan 1, 2003
Reviewer: Kevin from Publix Super Markets

This is the first time I’ve ever seen a course, particularly an e-learning one, that actually teaches you how to do requirements analysis properly. Other methods emphasize tools, automation and theory but don't offer a clear and practical way of identifying all your clients’ needs.

Course Content

Defining a Project’s Scope
What does the course cover?
What is Scope
Why defining Scope is important to a successful project
When do we define Scope?

• The Software Development Life Cycle
• The Requirements Discovery Process
• The Elicitation Process

Who is Involved?

How to Discover and Describe Project Scope

• Discovering Scope
• Describing Scope
• The six steps to discover and describe Scope
• Defining Scope from an External perspective
• Defining Scope from an Internal perspective
• Identifying objects, activities and variations

Discovering and Describing Scope in different environments

• Maintenance and enhancement projects
• Building a new system
• Purchasing a packaged solution

Building in Quality

• The five C’s to a quality specification: Complete, Clear, Correct, Consistent, Conforming

Reference Material Available

	Videos of each of the techniques in action including:
	Defining Scope from an external perspective Defining Scope from an internal perspective Discovering and Describing Scope using a High-Level Scenario Discovering and Describing a Business Activity Defining the Functional Requirements Defining the Information Requirements
	A summary of the steps and questions -- that you can print and take away as a quick reference sheet
	A workbook to use when practicing the concepts
	A workbook solution that you can print and take away as a reminder of the steps
	Additional supporting information available as part of the Ask The Expert feature including:
	Types of System Development Life Cycles References to IEEE and SEI-CMM Activities and Objects The Context Diagram Determining a Project’s Objectives The High-Level Scenario Next Phases in the Requirements Discovery Process