Training Course Overview - Requirements Specifications

Requirements Specification

Audience

  • Business and Systems Analysts
  • Information Analysts
  • Consultants
  • User Analysts 
  • All staff who are required to develop or participate in developing a Specification of Requirements.

Background

Since computers first started to be introduced to help and support business, we have often heard the comments:

“This system doesn’t do what I wanted” ...from the user group

or

“I wish the users would tell us what they wanted” ...from the computer group.

The answer to these questions involves:

  • Effective communication – tools and techniques for effectively communicating and understanding both business and technical requirements
  • A structured process – a process that ensures all appropriate steps are taken and team members understand where they are headed
  • Achievable quality –  determining the level of acceptable quality.

    • A Specification of Requirements document is utilised to accurately define and prioritise all requirements for the new system in a way that captures users desires for the information system so that the I.T. analysts can develop comprehensive and meaningful business system options.

    Objectives

    This course aims to teach participants the skills necessary to write a Specification of Requirements for a computer system. The aim is to produce a specification that can be used to build or select a computer system.

    Topics 

    Introduction

  • The Need for a Specification of Requirements
  • The Importance of an accurate Specification of Requirements
  • User Involvement

    • Methodology for writing a Specification of Requirements

  • Initial Scoping
  • Current System INvestigation
  • Preliminary Requirements Definition
  • Required System Specification
  • Define Non-functional Requirements
  • Finalise Specification, including Implementation Approach

    • Techniques used in writing a Specification of Requirements

  • Critical Requirements Analysis
  • UML - Unified Modelling Language
               - Use Cases
               - Activity Diagrams
  • Process Modelling
  • Data Modelling
  • System Functions / Transaction Definition
  • Product Based Planning

    • The use of effective Facilitation Skills

    Quality and the Specification of Requirements

    Use of the Specification of Requirements in relatead processes

  • Tendering and Selection process
  • Implementation and Training process
  • Test Planning, Testing and Acceptance

    • Duration

    2 days 9.00am – 4.30pm.  

    Training is organised and controlled by Intec Group who reserve the right to make any amendments to the program they may prove necessary..