Online Course – Recorded  – $12.95 USD 1 PDU
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media – Course
Presented: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is First in a 3 part series series on Requirements Definition by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

In many companies, the Requirements Definition process fails
to define the “REAL” Business Need for a project.

What may appear to be great solutions are often developed without any tie to the real project needs. Unfortunately, the discovery of missing, out of scope, or poorly defined requirements often happens much too late in the project lifecycle leading to project failure.

Avoiding these costly mistakes requires a clear understanding of the requirements definition process and the right tools and techniques to define complete requirements for a project.

Solutions Cube Group’s Building the Foundation for Clear Requirements webinar enables participants to recognize the barriers preventing project teams from defining clear requirements.

Participants will learn how to create a requirements definition foundation that engages the right stakeholders, alignment on the project scope and progressive elaboration techniques for maintaining the right level of focus throughout the requirements definition lifecycle.

In this 1 hour in-depth webinar participants learn:

• How to use the Project Scope Statement deliverables to guide the team’s creation of “real” project need and project solution statements
• How to use collaborative techniques to lead team members through requirements creation activities
• How to use the Wave Concept to progressively build requirements using collaborative techniques
• Techniques for ensuring the Requirements Definition efforts are on the right track, from the onset of the project

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Foundation for Clear Requirements

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Live Webinar November 16th, 2016 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour s 1 PDUs free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

Requirements Planning adds incredible value to the requirements process.

More than simply creating another “work breakdown structure” document, this is an opportunity to address risks proactively and gain better stakeholder participation.

This session demonstrates how every component of a requirements plan adds value.

Learning Objectives:

1. Illustrate the pitfalls of traditional approaches to Requirements Planning
2. Deliver guidelines for making Requirements Planning a value-add activity
3. Know what material must be present in a high quality requirements planning document

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5 Things You Must Know About Requirements Planning

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Live Webinar November 17th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  Modern Analyst

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Project Management Best Practices With Karl Wiegers

Successful software projects are built on a foundation of well-understood requirements.

However, many development organizations get caught in traps that prevent them from effectively collecting, documenting, or managing their requirements.

This presentation describes ten typical requirements problems that can sabotage your project.

Several symptoms that indicate you might be getting caught in each trap are presented, along with suggestions for avoiding or escaping from the trap.

The requirements traps discussed are:

1. Confusion about what a requirement is
2. Inadequate customer involvement
3. Vague and ambiguous requirements
4. Unprioritized requirements
5. Building functionality no one uses
6. Analysis paralysis
7. Scope creep
8. Inadequate requirements change process
9. Insufficient change impact analysis
10. Inadequate requirements version control

Presenter: Karl E. Wiegers (LinkedIn profile) Principal Consultant Process Impact has provided training and consulting services worldwide on many aspects of software development, management and process improvement.

Karl is the author of many books including:

• Practical Project Initiation: A Handbook with Tools (Best Practices)
  
• Creating a Software Engineering Culture,
• Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide
• Software Requirements
• More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice

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Software Requirements: 10 Traps To Avoid

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Live Webinar – November 2nd, 2016 10:00 am – 11:00 am  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour 1 PDUs free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

This session is for project managers that sometimes need to contract externally for requirements discovery services in order to make their project a success.

This session shares hard facts, case studies, and a wealth of experience in successful – and not so successful – contracting approaches for the senior project manager.

Supercharging a project by accelerating the requirements discovery phase is a solid strategy – but how do you ensure the company will get solid business value from the activity?

3 Learning Objectives from this Session:

• Effective analyst engagements models that drive value
• Red flags in your review cycle: clear signals that you have, or will have, issues with your requirements discovery team.
• Setting targets for timetable and turnaround: what should you expect from a top notch analyst team?

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Outsourcing Requirements Discovery

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Live Webinar – October 26th 2016 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  2 Hour s 2 PDUs free
Provider: IAG Consulting (REP 2858)

This two-hour webinar for project managers and business analysts gets right to the point and covers the essential steps for prioritizing business requirements.

This process is based on industry best practices ranging from QFD, MoSCoW and others —  and employing IAG’s experience and proven techniques for practical requirements prioritization.

This webinar will:

1. Explain why prioritization is important, when it is needed (and when it isn’t,) when it should be done, what different strategies could be used and what techniques work best.
2. Give participants a practical process that is adaptable to various types of projects (from large to small) and a variety of environments from agile to waterfall.
3. Provide Project Managers and Business Analysts with a clear understanding of what they need to know, and what they need to do, to easily and effectively prioritize the product requirements for their next project.

Key Content Covered in this Webinar:

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Requirements Prioritization Best Practices

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Live Webinar October 25th, 2016 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider:  The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

Requirements are at the core of any project, and therefore, must be carefully managed.

In this webinar, you will learn the essential requirements management practices, including the requirements lifecycle from inception to implementation, requirements management planning, and requirements management tools.

In addition, you will learn how to write SMART requirements statements that are useful and actionable.

Finally, we will contrast and compare the traditional requirements management approach with agile requirements management.

Learning objectives include:

• Learn how to write good requirements
• Appreciate the value of a requirements management plan
• Contrast plan-driven and change-driven requirements management approaches

About the Presenter: Dr. Martin Schedlbauer (LinkedIn profile) has been leading and authoring seminars and workshops in business analysis, software engineering, and project management for over twenty years. Martin, an accomplished business analysis subject matter expert, is a recognized leader in software development practices, a practicing scrum master, experienced software architect.

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Getting It Right:
Best Practices For Requirements Management

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