December 2008
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
19h 29m
English
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CHAPTER 3
REQUIREMENTS DETERMINATION
During the analysis phase, the analyst determines the business requirements for the new system. This chapter begins by presenting the requirements definition, a document that lists the new system's capabilities. It then describes how to analyze requirements, using business process automation, business process improvement, and business process reengineering techniques, and how to gather requirements through interviews, JAD sessions, questionnaires, document analysis, and observation.
OBJECTIVES
- Become familiar with the analysis phase of the SDLC.
- Understand how to create a requirements definition.
- Become familiar with requirements analysis techniques.
- Understand when to use each requirements analysis technique.
- Understand how to gather requirements by using interviews, JAD sessions, questionnaires, document analysis, and observation.
- Understand when to use each requirements-gathering technique.
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Introduction
Requirements Determination
What Is a Requirement?
Requirements Definition
Determining Requirements
Creating the Requirements Definition
Requirements Analysis Techniques
Business Process Automation
Business Process Improvement
Business Process Reengineering
Comparing Analysis Techniques
Requirements-Gathering Techniques
Requirements-Gathering in Practice
Interviews
Joint Application Development
Questionnaires
Document Analysis ...
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