Introduction

Requirements analysis is a discipline practiced by many, mastered by surprisingly few. And yet, the payoff from achieving excellence in this area is huge.

This short Requirements Analysis seminar addresses highly effective tools for both the capture of requirements, and for validation of those requirements, in any scenario involving the receipt of requirements from one or more stakeholders who have a need. Effectiveness of the techniques, collectively comprising a complete methodology, is independent of the domain of application, and independent of the specifics of the need. The techniques which are taught have been used with great success in many different requirements scenarios.

Seminar Availability

This seminar is available world-wide for public and on-site delivery (i.e. at client-provided facilities).

Who Should Attend This Seminar?

This short seminar “Introduction to Requirements Analysis” is intended for anybody who seeks an introduction to the subject, most likely acquirer, supplier and developer personnel who, in any capacity, deal with requirements.

The seminar will be of particular interest to those who do not necessarily seek to develop deep skills in requirements analysis, but who need to understand the key issues and the principles. Relevant job titles or roles could include marketing managers, marketing staff, business analysts, project sponsors, project managers and their requirements analysts, technical managers, system engineers, software systems engineers, engineers of all other types, stakeholders in the product being developed such as users and manufacturing planners and engineers, and those responsible for the development of policy and processes in the fields of development, acquisition, and supply.

People who seek to develop or increase substantial skills in requirements analysis may prefer to attend PPI’s 5-day Requirements Analysis and Specification Writing course, or the 3-day Requirements Analysis module thereof.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this seminar, delegates are expected to have a familiarity with “THE REQUIREMENTS PROBLEM”, be aware of the existence of effective and efficient methods of addressing that problem, and understand the general concepts of an effective approach.

Delegates are not expected to have substantial skills in performing requirements analysis.

Seminar Method and Materials

For each seminar attended, you will be provided with:

• comprehensive seminar notes
• a workbook containing workshop exercises
• workshop model solutions
• checklists and other materials for future reference and use
• a CD-ROM with extensive documents and resources
• access to PPI's Systems Engineering Goldmine

Some Key Questions

• What is the role of requirements analysis in achieving project success?
• How do we know if we have a requirements problem?
• What is the return on investment from conducting requirements analysis?
• What are the different types of requirements, and why are the differences so important?
• What other information defines “the problem”, beyond requirements?
• Why is elicitation of requirements nowhere near enough?
• How can I conduct requirements analysis, efficiently and effectively?
• Why are use cases, as traditionally developed, usually of limited value?
• How do I know when to stop analysing?

Requirements Analysis Seminar Outline

1. Why Requirements Analysis?

• the role of requirements in project success and failure
• measuring requirements quality
• good enough, not perfect!

2. Types of Requirements

• the nine types of requirements, and why we would care
• relationship to requirements capture and validation
• relationship to requirements specification
• relationship to design
• other aspects of problem definition: MOEs, goals, value relationships

3. Requirements Analysis Methodology

• identifying stakeholders
• context analysis
• Workshop - context analysis
• Workshop – design requirements analysis
• states & modes analysis
• parsing analysis
• Workshop – parsing analysis
• functional analysis
• rest-of-scenario analysis
• ERA analysis
• out-of-range analysis
• other constraints search
• clean-up
• example requirements specification of suitable quality

4. Requirements Analysis in Summary

About our Seminar Presenters

Mr. Clive Tudge, CEng MIET.

Mr Clive Tudge is a professional Chartered Engineer with considerable national and international experience in senior project management and engineering management positions in both industry and government.

Clive obtained his College Diploma at the College of Electronics, which was attached to the Ministry of Defence in the U.K. The Diploma qualified him as a Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), which is now known as the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Clive has been a committee member of the Queensland Network of the IET for 18 years and was President for three of those years.

He has started, and run, successful software development companies, completing software-intensive projects on time, within budget and meeting requirements.

He has worked with many government agencies and industrial companies including Queensland Rail, Brisbane City Council, QANTAS, Ansett Technologies and the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), bringing projects to a successful conclusion.

Prior to arriving in Australia, Clive held many senior Project Director positions in the Aviation Industry in Europe, on projects such as the Tornado, Jaguar and Hawk aircraft. In Germany, he was the Senior Project Manager on a unique Fly-By-Wire Flight Control System for the Typhoon Eurofighter Aircraft Project and Project Manager on various systems for the European Tiger Helicopter. In addition to English, Clive also speaks German and French.

Clive has been involved in all aspects of procurement from requirements analysis and definition through to operational support. He has had roles from software engineer through to Project Chief Engineer and Project Director on multi-million dollar projects. Key skill areas include: Project Management, Systems Process Evaluation, Risk Management, System Engineering Design and Acceptance, Systems Engineering Training, Airworthiness Analysis, HF Communications Systems, Design Process Analysis, Engineering Change Management, and Flight Testing.

Mr. Robert Halligan, FIE Aust.

An executive professional manager and engineering practitioner, Mr. Robert Halligan is known worldwide for his role in the practice and improvement of major projects. His work was initially with government and major transnational companies. For the last 24 years, he has worked in a consulting and training capacity, delivering an extensive training program on six continents.

Robert worked extensively in the United States and the United Kingdom. He was an Australian delegate to the ISO SC7 WG7 developing the international system life cycle processes standard, ISO/IEC 15288 and was a key reviewer of EIA 632 (Engineering of Systems) and EIA 731 (Systems Engineering Capability Model). He was a member of a small team which updated IEEE 1220 (Standard for Application and Management of the Systems Engineering Process). Robert was a member of the Board of Directors of the 7000-member International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).

He has led numerous requirements analysis efforts, on projects of up to $1B. As a hands-on engineering manager, he is expert in the strengths and weaknesses of a wide range of commercial and military specification standards. A sought-after consultant, Robert developed, on behalf of an industry client, the procedures used for a multi-million dollar requirements analysis effort, conducted training of client staff in requirements analysis and led the analysis of critical system requirements. He has consulted extensively in the area of requirements quality and its relationship to project risk. He has prepared or reviewed well over 100 significant requirements specifications. His short tutorials and longer courses on aspects of systems and requirements engineering are popular worldwide.

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