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Week 8-Requirements Elicitation & Analysis

Requirements elicitation and analysis is an iterative process that involves planning elicitation activities, preparing for them, conducting them, and documenting the results. Preparation includes determining objectives, participants, and questions. Elicitation activities involve an introduction, body where information is gathered, and close where next steps are discussed. Follow up may include sharing notes and getting confirmation. The overall goal is to define requirements in enough detail to select the preferred solution.

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Week 8-Requirements Elicitation & Analysis

Requirements elicitation and analysis is an iterative process that involves planning elicitation activities, preparing for them, conducting them, and documenting the results. Preparation includes determining objectives, participants, and questions. Elicitation activities involve an introduction, body where information is gathered, and close where next steps are discussed. Follow up may include sharing notes and getting confirmation. The overall goal is to define requirements in enough detail to select the preferred solution.

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Requirements Elicitation

& Analysis
Requirements elicitation and analysis
• Requirements elicitation and analysis is the iterative work to plan,
prepare, and conduct the elicitation of information from
stakeholders, to analyze and document the results of that work, and
to eventually define a set of requirements in sufficient detail to
enable the definition and selection of the preferred solution.
Preparation for Elicitation
• Determine the Objectives – the business analyst should set an objective for each session to
achieve.
• The objective is the reason why the elicitation activity is being undertaken.
• Determine the Participants – At the completion of stakeholder analysis, the business
analyst should have divided the long list of stakeholders identified into groups or classes.
• The results of the stakeholder analysis can be used when selecting the participants to invite to an
elicitation session.
• The business analyst schedules the appropriate amount of time for each stakeholder group; it may be
appropriate to schedule less time with executives than with end users.
• Determine the Questions for the Session – the business analyst may want to prepare some
questions prior to conducting the elicitation in order to ensure the session objectives are
achieved.
• Questions that do not move the session forward to achieving the desired objectives or those questions
that obtain data that do not have a specific purpose should be avoided.
Conduct Elicitation Activities
• Introduction – the business analyst establishes the frame for the session and
sets the tone and rapport with the participants.
• Body – During the body, the business analyst elicits the primary information and
achieves the objectives of the elicitation session.
• The body is the portion of the session where momentum is built and the team is highly
performing and engaged in providing a large amount of information.
Conduct Elicitation Activities
• Close – The purpose of the close is to wrap up the activities and focus on
next steps.
• The close is always used to thank participants for their contribution and time.
• Three questions a business analyst may consider asking at the end of each elicitation
session are as follows:
• Do you have any additional questions?
• Is there anything we missed or anything that we should have talked about but didn’t?
• Is there anyone else who might have information that would contribute to the elicitation
objectives?
• Follow-Up – the business analyst shares any revised notes and takes the
opportunity to obtain confirmation from participants on the information
obtained during the prior elicitation session.

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