Managing requirements
Balancing stakeholder requirements to achieve optimum solutions.
In managing, assessing and balancing requirements, the key is in divorcing requirements from delivery and implementation issues.
Requirements capture
This process begins by defining the requirements - and checking they are real requirements as opposed to perceived ones, perhaps because a solution is already in mind. Analysing the requirements is a therefore a very important first step, which also reviews and prioritises them.
Prioritising the requirements
There are likely to be many stakeholders involved in a given solution, from users and maintainers, to managers and legislative bodies. Each will believe their requirements to be the most important - and they might be right, but who decides and what are the implications?
Managing requirements goes hand-in-hand with understanding the potential solution architectures and which elements of each are responsible for delivering particular requirements.
Balanced solutions
In addition to managing stakeholder requirements, other constraints such as budget and risk must also be managed. Roke is well versed in managing and optimising requirements to achieve a balanced solution:
- Tools to capture requirements and precedence
- Experts who understand the implications requirements bring
- Process to ensure comprehensive analysis
- People to discuss options and fill knowledge gaps