Writing Good Requirements Training
Course Summary
In this class, the focus is on how to write good requirements – the characteristics of good requirements and how to turn bad into good. It covers how to turn an implementation or operational statement into a requirement. We also cover other data you need, such as rationale, in order to make understanding requirements easier over the project life cycle.
Writing Good Requirements Skills You'll Gain
Quickly identify and fix requirement defects
Understand why you are seeing defects from others and fix your process to avoid these defects in the future
Use rationale to clarify each requirement so that it is understood just one way and you have a history of why it exist for future change impact assessments and for maintenance and verification
Use attributes such as verification method, allocation, and traceability to improve your requirement set
Write different types of requirements
Validate your requirements as they are written to avoid submitting a bad document for review, causing delay while problems are fixed or causing design problems because the problems are not fixed in a timely fashion
How We Teach You the Art of Writing Good Requirements
After thoroughly exploring and understanding the types of requirements – functional, performance, reliability, etc., we turn theory into reality through a proven set of hands-on exercises that will help you practice identifying common errors in writing requirements.
Who Would Benefit From Writing Good Requirements 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 writing good requirements 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 writing good requirements 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 writing good requirements 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!