Requirements Definition and Management Training
Course Summary
Requirements Definition and Management training is a 3-day course that will help you learn to define and manage project scope from beginning to end. No matter what development paradigm your organization uses, the fundamental skills and tools that define scope, deliver value, and reduce risk are universal. We’ll explore and practice them in this in-depth course
Requirements Definition and Management Skills You'll Gain
Scope bounding and management techniques
How to elicit and develop project scope definition
Baselining – what it is and why/when you should do it
Creating and managing project requirements processes
Best practices for writing unambiguous, complete, high-quality requirements
Project value management
Effectively engaging stakeholders
Requirements lifecycle management tools and techniques
Scope validation and verification
Requirements and project metrics collection and management
How We Teach the Definition and Management of Requirements
We use an entertaining blend of lecture, real world examples, and hands-on activities to introduce, explore, and practice all of the requirements definition and management course concepts and skills. We use positive and negative examples to help you learn how to avoid common mistakes and apply quality design principles to all of your project activities.
Who Would Benefit From Requirements Definition & Management Training
Anyone who is involved with defining and delivering projects can benefit from this requirements course. These skills aren’t just useful for business analysts! Engineers, business and marketing managers, and quality assurance professionals can apply these principles to their project work as well. Many of our classes are attended by professionals in the following roles:
- Business Analyst
- Product Owner
- Associate Product Manager
- Project Manager
- Program Manager
- Project Coordinator
- Quality Assurance Engineer
- Software Engineer
- Subject Matter Expert
- Process Improvement Manager
- Business Architect
Frequently asked questions
We offer our requirements definition and management course both as an in-person seminar and online instructor-led class. No matter how the class is delivered, we use hands-on activities and student collaboration and discussion to really explore the material and get the most from the class time.
We sometimes offer public classes at pre-scheduled times and places. We also offer private requirements definition and management training classes for your organization’s unique training needs. Because our trainers are also practicing consultants, we often try to schedule classes 6 weeks out. If your needs require more urgent training, please give us a call to discuss.
Our classes and hands-on activities are designed to be readily applicable to people in different kinds of organizations, industries, and roles. But if you need something more customized, let’s talk and figure out what you need and how we can best help.
We are currently not certified PMI or IIBA training partners, but our requirements definition and management class DOES count towards your PDU/CDU requirements. Once the training has been completed, we’ll provide you with the information you need to apply them.
Because our classes are intended to be interactive, we do not offer a self-paced online option at this time. All of our classes are led by professional consultants with years of experience defining and managing requirements for a variety of clients.
All of our trainers are senior consultants who actively work on client projects. They bring their real-world experiences and stories to the classroom to make our classes even more relevant and exciting!
