Determining Project Requirements, 2nd Edition

Chapter 12

Activity Solutions for Swede-Mart Case Study

Chapter 1

The most common answers are

1. Changing requirements
2. Customers not available
3. Customers not knowing what they want
4. No repeatable process
5. Lack of management buy-in
6. Lack of resources
7. Lack of skilled business analysts
8. No common language
9. Developers do not understand the business
10. No tools

    Actions:

    • Changing requirements	– Implement a formal change control process – Educate team on the process
    • Customers not available	– Give customers as much lead time as possible – Get buy-in from customers to requirements gathering
    • Customers not knowing what they want	– Showcase similar products – Create prototypes
    • No repeatable process	– Define and implement templates and a simple process to start with – Research ...