Establishing and maintaining a common understanding of customer requirements is an essential element in the success of a software project. Failure to adequately manage requirements over the life cycle of a project can seriously threaten customer satisfaction and the overall success of the project. This course will provide participants with a thorough understanding of the components essential to implementing a successful requirements management process in any organization.

What You Will Learn

• What requirements management is and is not
• The core components of an effective requirements management process
• Linking the requirements management process to project plans & schedules
• What a CMM-compliant requirements management process needs to address
• Management & customer roles and responsibilities
• Tool support for effective requirements management

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for software managers, business and systems analysts, software engineers, and any software professionals with an interest in learning about what it takes to implement a successful requirements management process.

Course Outline

Requirements Management Essentials

• Purpose of requirements management (RM)
• RM process building blocks
• RM process activities & techniques
• Effective use of traceability

Managing Requirements Changes

• Change control requirements
• Change control approaches
  • Informal
  • Change control committee
  • Change control board
• Recommended practices and guidelines

Other Requirements Management Issues

• Management responsiblities
• Project team responsibilities
• Project impact analysis
• Linking RM to project plans & schedules
• RM tools

Seminar Length: 1 Day