The BABoK (Business Analyst Body of Knowledge) lists 10 techniques for gathering requirements. Here’s an overview of each one. For more details, check out the latest Guide to the BABoK.
Gathering Implicit Requirements
Johanna Rothman just wrote an article titled Implicit Requirements are Still Requirements. She points out that her expectations were not met, even though her needs might have been. Johanna also implicitly begs the question – how do we gather implicit requirement?
Top Five Requirements Gathering Tips
Interviewing, Brainstorming, Documenting Use Cases, Prototyping, and Analyzing Documents are our top-five tips. Read more for details
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Requirements
Object oriented analysis and design (OOA/OOD) is a technique used to gather requirements and develop software, as an alternative to more traditional text-based techniques.
OOA allows for clarity of communication, by creating descriptive and unambiguous documentation of requirements. It comes with a great big giant caveat –