Do the Right Things

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Do the Right Things: Practical Guidance for Adapting Your

Requirements Practices

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Facilitator, trainer, mentor, agile coach, conference advisorYears of varied project and product experienceCertified Professional Facilitator, Certified Scrum MasterExpert Reviewer, contributor to IIBA BABOK® (Business Analysis Body of

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Ellen Gottesdiener

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introintrorequirements requirements practices & practices & adaptationsadaptations

adaptation factorsadaptation factors

q & aq & a

summarysummary

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adapt or ______adapt or ______

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good practices

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good practices

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gradient of practices

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adaptioadaptionn

factorsfactors

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Team Factors

Proxim ity

Team J ellEngineering

Practices

Oversight

Dom ainKnow ledge

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ProductFactors

I m portanceof QualityAttributes

Size

ProjectType

Usage

Com plexity

Econom ic

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practicepracticess

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requirements

engineering

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set the stage

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stakeholders

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risk management

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value management

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C R A C K customer

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vision

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partnership

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shared understanding

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glossary

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multiple formal techniques

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informal, ad hoc

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direct stakeholder involvemen

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rich analysis models,

verification matrices, formal

prioritization

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lightweight analysis models, ATs, informal prioritization

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front loaded targeted,

informal

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7 product dimensions

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options

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assemble options

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7 Ds structured conversation

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multiple models, scenarios

continual prioritization

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formal specification

document

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low-fidelity

documentation, tests

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inspections, structured walkthrus

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reqts– examples- tests

Adapted from: Agile Alliance Functional Testing Tools

Open Space Workshop 2007

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user acceptance tests,

demos

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reviews,prototypes

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change control, trace matrices

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refine the backlog (queue)

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physically track requirements

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product roadmap

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summary:summary:adapting adapting

requirements requirements practicespractices

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customer involvement

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complenesspurposeful(in

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timing

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documentation

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requirements

management

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green field

enhancement

package selection / config

BI, DW

adapt

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adapt

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adapting

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Ellen GottesdienerPresident & Founder

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