When the topic of business requirements is mentioned, most people think about gathering requirements. I have observed several projects where significant effort was spent in gathering requirements but the project failed to adequately address the other areas of requirements management. A key problem noted is performing requirements selection before requirements validation. Following are the key activities for effective requirements management:
Requirements management is more about understanding the business and the strategic direction of the customer's business — not just a point-in-time assessment. Requirements management is an on-going process that enables the customer to be more flexible, which is key for business process improvement. To truly understand the customer's business processes, we need to understand the value-added business requirements. To ensure that we are on the same page, We will spend some time in briefly defining each requirements management...