{"product_id":"how-to-write-effective-requirements-for-it-simply-put-use-four-simple-rules-to-improve-the-quality-of-your-it-requirements-9781519261595","title":"How to Write Effective Requirements for IT - Simply Put!: Use Four Simple Rules to Improve the Quality of Your IT Requirements","description":"\u003cp\u003eWriting requirements is one of the core competencies for anyone in an organization responsible for defining future Information Technology (IT) applications. However, nearly every independently executed, root-cause analysis of IT project problems and failures in the past half-century have identified \"misunderstood or incomplete requirements\" as the primary cause. This has made writing requirements the bane of many projects. The real problem is the subtle differences between \"understanding\" someone else's requirement and \"sharing a common understanding\" with the author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"How to Write Effective Requirements for IT - Simply Put \" gives you a set of 4 simple rules that will make your requirement statements more easily understood by all target audiences. The focus is to increase the \" common understanding\" between the author of a requirement and the solution providers (e.g., in-house or outsourced IT designers, developers, analysts, and vendors).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The rules we present in this book will reduce the failure rate of projects suffering from poor requirements. Regardless of your job title or role, if you are tasked with communicating your future needs to others, this book will guide you step by step. It includes optional exercises with instant feedback to increase retention. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho should read this book?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Anyone involved in capturing, writing, analyzing, or understanding requirements for Information Technology solutions, including (but not limited to): \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSubject Matter Experts (SME)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAgile Product Owners\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBusiness Process Managers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBusiness Process Users\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBusiness Analysts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eand anyone wearing the BA hat\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegardless of your title or role, if you are involved in defining requirements, this book is for you. Specifically, this book will give you techniques to: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExpress business and stakeholder requirements in simple, complete sentences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWrite requirements that focus on the business need\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTest the relevance of each requirement to ensure that it is in scope for your project\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTranslate business needs and wants into requirements as the primary tool for defining a future solution and setting the stage for testing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate and maintain a question file to reduce the impact of incorrect assumptions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMinimize the risk of scope creep caused by missed requirements \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnsure that your requirements can be easily understood by all target audiences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConfirm that each audience shares a common understanding of the requirements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIsolate and address ambiguous words and phrases in requirements.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUse our Peer Perception technique to find words and phrases that can lead to misunderstandings. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReduce the ambiguity of a statement by adding context and using standard terms and phrases\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to get the most out of this book?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e To maximize the learning effect, you will have optional, online exercises to assess your understanding of each presented technique. You will run across chapter titles prefaced with the phrase \"Exercise\". Those chapters contain a link to a web-based exercise that we have prepared to give you an opportunity to try the presented technique yourself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9983695\"\u003eAngela Hathaway\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-146984\"\u003eThomas Hathaway\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781519261595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1519261594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-COM\"\u003eComputers\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-COM051430\"\u003eSoftware Development \u0026amp; Engineering | Project Management\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS083000\"\u003eInformation Management\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44433262870765,"sku":"9781519261595","price":12.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_9860c261-bd6e-4f32-a80a-d3f4fbc53d1b.jpg?v=1700060938","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/how-to-write-effective-requirements-for-it-simply-put-use-four-simple-rules-to-improve-the-quality-of-your-it-requirements-9781519261595","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}