The Problem One of the most frequent reasons for project failure is “scope and requirements creep”. Too often, the scope of a product development project changes in midstream as stakeholders think of new features to add. This change, more often than not, results in new requirements being added to the requirement set. We recognize that […]
Tag: System Requirements Review
When Should You Start Managing Requirements?
I recently saw the following question posed in a discussion group: “When should the formal management of requirements begin?” My take is this – I look at Requirements Management (RM) as having three main functions: 1) Requirement elicitation and development; 2) Managing the flow down (allocation) and traceability of requirements between levels; 3) Change management. […]