How to Gather Requirements

How to Gather Requirements

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  Requirements Gathering andDocumentation A Comprehensive Approach to Using Voice of the Customer
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  WHO WE ARE 2 We help companies NEW PRODUCT IDEATION Innovation Process connect with Ideation Sessions Customer Advisory Boards customers to create PRODUCT EVALUATION CONCEPT EVALUATION and deliver clear and Qualitative Research & VALIDATION compelling products, Customer Sat Studies Customer Advisory Boards Market & Competitive Analysis Qualitative Research services, and Quantitative Studies messaging. We help to Customers define the right products and also talk PRODUCT LAUNCH Process Mapping   Customer Experience Programs  Operations & Support Planning PRODUCT DEFINITION MRDs & PRDs Business Cases about them in a way Customer Research that makes sense. And we deliver actionable PRODUCT POSITIONING & MARKETING EXPERIENCE DEFINITION Customer Touchpoints plans to bring the new Messaging & Positioning Product Naming Interaction Interfaces idea to life Product Collateral Usability Optimization
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  REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEW 3 • Gather Requirements – From customers, employees, partners and other stakeholders – Globally • Document Requirements – Use and easy to use/understand template – Be comprehensive and detailed • Requirements Types – Requirements geared towards either in-house or outsourced development – Requirements for internal business systems that support the innovation, product management and product marketing functions (e.g. CRM, Idea Management, Content Management, etc.) – Requirements for new products – Requirements for new services
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  REQUIREMENTS GATHERING APPROACH 4 • Review background documentation • Create a draft Requirements outline • Conduct a series of in-person working sessions and calls with key stakeholders, users, and the cross functional team – Use these sessions to gather requirements input; i.e. get the team’s thoughts organized and on paper – Conducted interview style – For internal business systems, shadow employees to document experience working with process and tools • For new products and services, conduct research with the target customer – Interviews, focus groups, user experience/prototype testing • Conduct a process mapping exercise with the team to map the process and the user/customer experience – Use process flow to determine requirements to support the ideal experience
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  REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTATION APPROACH 5 • Use an easy to read/understand template – Create a document that facilitates conversation and understanding between the business/product team and the technical teams – Keep user scenarios simple and easy for the technology team to relate to – Provide detailed requirements that are actionable • Use a hybrid MRD (market requirements)/PRD (product/system requirements) approach – Allow for enough strategy, market and customer data to put the requirements in context – Include the “what” not the “how” • Allow for review sessions with the stakeholders and cross functional team to ensure requirements were interpreted correctly
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  REQUIREMENTS GATHERING InternalSystems 6 Some examples include: CRM Requirements • Gathered global requirements from stakeholders using interviews, user shadowing and process mapping sessions • Documented requirements for new global Idea Management Tool CRM system • Conducted cross functional process • Used requirements to lead vendor mapping to document the innovation selection efforts process and system requirements, from idea generation and collection through concept development and Service Management Tool screening to pilot planning and • Documented requirements for service launch management tool using cross functional • Identified requirements for a new team process mapping to identify systems idea management tool required to support the new service • Identified and evaluated pool of service management tool vendors against requirements
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  REQUIREMENTS GATHERING NewProducts/Series 7 Some examples include: Mobile Advertising Platform • Helped Startup team decide on requirements for new platform New Services Business • Conducted cross functional workshops • Developed requirements for a new and team interviews suite of services for a technology • Leveraged inputs form partners and product company customers • Gathered and wrote requirements for 5 new services Enterprise Code Search Tool • Used process mapping/customer • Documented requirements for new experience mapping to design the enterprise code search product new services • Conducted Customer Summit with key • Used requirements to develop tools customer targets to test/validate and and templates to support the launch gather requirements of the new services • Worked hand-in-hand with engineering team to ensure product and technology were in sync
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  BENEFIT OF THECLEARWORKS APPROACH 8 • Documentation that bridges the gap between business and technology • Cross functional workshops ensure buy-in and capturing of all good requirements • Customer research and input ensures voice of the customer • Little resource required from your internal teams
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  CLIENT TESTIMONIALS 9 “Clearworks developed comprehensive product requirements for our new mobile services offering. They picked up on the technology quickly, were able to drill down to great detail, and incorporated the much needed user perspective. Our engineers got just what they need to get started on development.” John Finch, VP of Product Management, Zoove "The Clearworks team did an amazing job understanding a complex engineering project, running our customer focus group, and turning that into a usable product requirements document. I have mentioned to several people that it is incredible your level of understanding of our product with such limited exposure." Dean Pfutzenreuter , Software Architect, Krugle "Clearworks is what every engineering team needs -- the voice of the customer brought into the product development process." Dave Loftesness, President and CEO, Blue Mug