How to Manage Changing Business Requirements

1. Managing Requirements in a Chaotic World

• Introduction to Requirements Management
• Components of Business Systems
• Change Happens
• When Does Change Management Start?

2. Tracking Requirements

• From Requirements To Specifications
• Creating a Requirements Baseline
• Requirements Management Major Processes
• Managing Versions
• Tracking Status
• Linking Requirements
• The Requirements—Testing Relationship
• Documentation Artifacts

3. Using the RM Tool

• Requirements for a Requirements Management Tools
• The Problem with Home-Grown Solutions
• Using MKS Integrity (a hands on case study)

4. Managing Requirements Change

• Tracking the Real Costs of Changes
• Major Activities
• A Visual Model
• Roles in Change Management
• Change Control Boards
• Tracking Change Activity

5. Implementing a Requirements Management Process

• It is Harder Than You Think
• To-Do List
• Promises and Pitfalls
• Changing the Culture
• Scheduling Considerations

6. Appendixes

• Case study
• Job Aids
• Requirements Definition Documents
• Requirements Traceability Matrix
• Change Control Policy
• Change Control Methodology
• Change Request Form
• Change Request Log

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