DT offers a core set of courses aimed at covering the Application Lifecycle, from requirements gathering, analysis and design to development, testing, process and project management.

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Requirements Elicitation & Facilitation

Course Overview
This course teaches students how to elicit, analyze, and communicate requirements for software development projects. Many elicitation techniques rely upon the collaborative work of individuals with diverse backgrounds. Students learn and apply facilitation skills and strategies to get the most out of collaborative requirements definition sessions.

Labs allow students to practice and refine elicitation techniques and facilitation skills in groups of various sizes. All labs simulate typical and difficult software requirements situations and issues. Students will apply their acquired skills by facilitating sessions for developing a vision, use case modelling, and drafting and reviewing use case specifications. Students receive instructor and peer feedback throughout the course. This enhances students’ listening skills and provides constructive feedback.

What will I learn?

Provide students with the essential skills to effectively elicit and refine requirements

Learn and apply facilitation skills for use case and other requirements sessions

Assess and improve listening skills

Increase awareness of what assists and inhibits clear communication

Understand the essentials of effective meetings and group dynamics

Select and plan different types of meetings used with a use case driven requirements process

Design meeting agendas and select effective techniques to accomplish goals

Select and apply elicitation techniques appropriate to the project’s circumstances

Practice facilitation techniques in mock use case sessions

Accept constructive feedback

Improve skills based upon feedback

Course Style
Lecture style with hands-on labs

This course is designed for students who want to improve their requirements elicitation and facilitation skills, especially for conducting use case sessions. These roles include: Business analyst, systems analyst, project manager, team leader, and software architect

Course Contents

Introduction

Establishing baseline

Communicating effective skills

Eliciting requirements

Generating ideas and making decisions

Planning effective meetings

Conducting effective meetings

Applying techniques to requirement sessions

Course summary

Prerequisites
Unified Process overview and use case experience or use case development course

Recommended Follow-On Courses
Requirements Management with Use Cases

Duration
3 days

Cost
£1,150 plus VAT

Recommended reading & follow on courses

Mastering the Requirements Process,
ISBN-10: 0321419499, ISBN-13: 978-0321419491

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