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Gathering Business Requirements (back)

Description:
This two day course (November 10 and 11, 2015) is designed especially for UW-Madison to help those involved in or responsible for gathering requirements for the multitude of current campus projects/initiatives. This course is sponsored and funded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison - CIO Office and is being offered at no charge to the campus community in recognition of the importance of this work.

In recognition of the increased complexity of our campus projects and the ever increasing skill levels of our business analysts, this course has been refined and enhanced to enrich the learning experience and better prepare attendees for the challenges of gathering, documenting, and prioritizing requirements.

Note: When you click on either date of the course and then click on "Register" you will automatically be registered for both days of this course.

Day One - Foundation Topics:

Effects of poorly described or incomplete requirements

Stakeholder identification and prioritization

Visual tools to help gather requirements

Facilitating interview sessions

Handling difficult dialog - "Crucial Conversations"

Creating rich questions/using step ladder interviewing

Categorizing requirements with affinity diagrams

Group decision making techniques

Day Two - Advanced Topics:

Using decision matrices to manage large volumes of requirements

Communicating requirements through scenarios and storyboarding

Prioritizing requirements using QFD

Developing user stories and use cases

The role of requirements in iterative/Agile as well as waterfall development

Creating non-functional requirements

Requirement traceability and testing

Using requirements gathering to help with organizational change management

Communicating for buy-in

Tips on avoiding pitfalls

Course Instructor - Scott Converse:
Scott Converse is the Director of Project Management and Process Improvement programs for the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Business.

Course Registration is limited to 42 participants.

Contact Info:
George Watson, george.watson@wisc.edu

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