Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Objectives
To understand
What drivers are Where they come from Where they fit in to analysis of requirements The importance of drivers
To be able to
Find drivers Document drivers
Chain Of Reasoning:
Stakeholders
Stakeholders
Drivers
Drivers
Drivers
Drivers
Objectives
Change Requirements
Change Requirements
Change Requirements
Change Requirements
Change Requirements
Change Requirements must be assumed to be wrong until they are proved to be right
Owner/Manager Stakeholders
e.g. Organisation Owner, Process owner, Product or Service owner
Requirements
Project
Solution Resource requests Resource
NB: ~ 1 person/group can play the role of many stakeholders. ~ Expect all stakeholder interactions to come in pairs: typically a request and response.
Remember RACI?
Responsible
Those who do the work There can be multiple resources responsible Those accountable for the completion of tasks, eg the buck stops here. There can only be one resource accountable Those whose opinions are sought 2 way communication Those that are kept up-to-date on progress, or after a decision or event has occurred 1 way communication
Accountable
Consulted Informed
Drivers
There are reasons why a project exists something has driven the need for it Drivers have driven the project killer stakeholders to sponsor the project These drivers tend to be
Problems the stakeholders want fixed AND/OR Opportunities the stakeholders want to exploit AND/OR Standards/regulation/legislation the stakeholders want to comply with
The business are available to answer questions. If you need to make any assumptions, document them. Time allowed: 15 minutes Deliverable: flipchart of drivers and assumptions.
Questions?