16 Requirements Management

Question 1

What is the definition of Requirements Management?

Answer 1

Process of capturing, analysing and justifying stakeholders’ wants and needs

Question 2

When should High-level requirements be gathered?

Answer 2

Concept Phase

Question 3

What are Requirements?

Answer 3

Stakeholders’ wants and needs clearly defined with acceptance criteria

Question 4

Why is communication important in Requirements Management?

Answer 4

Avoids potentially expensive errors resulting from miscommunication or misinterpretation

Question 5

What are the four stages of the Requirements Management Process?

Answer 5

• Gather requirements from stakeholders
• Analyse the requirements
• Justify the requirements
• Baseline the needs before developing the solution

Question 6

When should benefits be accepted by the organisation?

Answer 6

When the potential value created by a benefit outweighs the cost of achieving it

Question 7

Function analysis and Function cost analysis are ___ based techniques

Answer 7

Value

Question 8

How do Function analysis and Function cost analysis allow the analysis of requirements and their business drivers?

Answer 8

Combines information from project functions such as schedule management and investment appraisal

Question 9

How can a thorough understanding of requirements and their value contribution be achieved?

Answer 9

Time and Cost analysis

Question 10

How are the results of analysis communicated and what does this lead to?

Answer 10

• Individual consultation and group workshops
• Debate about functionality and alternative ideas

Question 11

What role does the product owner play in requirement analysis?

Answer 11

• Ensuring requirements are always relevant to business needs
• Advises on acceptance criteria

Question 12

What is the result of requirement analysis?

Answer 12

A baselined set of options for functional requirements

Question 13

What does Value represent?

Answer 13

The amount of benefit that will accrue from the requirement and can be used to justify its priority

Question 14

What is a common prioritisation technique?

Answer 14

MoSCoW Analysis

Question 15

What does MoSCoW stand for?

Answer 15

• Must have
• Should have
• Could have
• Won’t have

Question 16

When using an Agile methodology, what can be sacrificed if there are budgetary or time concerns (MoSCoW)?

Answer 16

• Could have
• Should have

Question 17

What is the main benefit of the Requirement prioritisation process?

Answer 17

Ensures that essential requirements are understood when selecting the optimal solution and defining scope.

Question 18

What are the five stages of Configuration Management?

Answer 18

• Planning
• Identification
• Control
• Status Accounting
• Verification Audit

Question 19

What does status accounting ensure?

Answer 19

• Traceability of configuration items throughout their development
• Robust record keeping and document control

Question 20

How is the project divided during identification?

Answer 20

The project is divided into configurable items each with a unique reference so that the delivery team can identify the deliverables.