Auctrix International co. · Requirements definition and management
Requirements definition and management helps elicit, structure, document, and trace what people need as scope and delivery choices evolve. Auctrix International co. helps create working records that show what changed and what it affects.
The questions a requirements practice should answer
A useful requirements practice gives people a common way to distinguish needs, assumptions, decisions, and change as the work develops.
Bring stakeholder perspectives into the work so an early request can be tested against the need, intended outcomes, and operating conditions.
Make assumptions, constraints, dependencies, decisions, and unanswered questions visible enough to support a more informed conversation.
Support discussions about importance, sequencing, trade-offs, and the scope that is appropriate for the next stage of the work.
Trace evolving requirements to related scope, decisions, dependencies, and delivery choices so change can be assessed before it spreads.
Possible work products
Depending on the engagement, the work may produce or improve the records below. Their format and level of detail follow the organization and the work underway.
Requirements are stronger when the people who request, shape, approve, and deliver the change can examine the same record.
Requirements definition and management can connect to business analysis, business architecture, portfolio rationalization, transformation planning, and Lean-Agile delivery. These are possible work products, not guaranteed outcomes.
Make the change traceable
Share the requirements, decisions, and changes under consideration to discuss whether this support fits the work.