Collect Requirements: Action Steps that Get Results (PMBOK® Guide - Fourth Edition Content)

This is a fast paced session for Project Managers, Analysts, and Development Leadership of all skill levels and experience to overview how to collect requirements efficiently. 

Why take the session:  Project Managers need to know what PMBOK® Guide - Fourth Edition “Collect Requirements” has in expected outputs.  Business Analysts need superior techniques for engaging stakeholders.  Development Leadership wants to get transparency into the process of requirements, and know what value this brings to the organization.  This session wraps these three critical objectives into an intense, two hour session. 

The session has three areas of coverage:

1) Overview New content Within PMBOK® Guide - Fourth Edition – Collect Requirements – and three learning objectives for this content:

• Discussing the changes introduced in PMBOK® Guide - Fourth Edition in this area,
• Reviewing the deliverables expected, and;
• Overview where these deliverables are used to add value in project delivery.

This area of content is all about:  what the project manager needs to know about changes to the Body of Knowledge within Project Scope Management; and, efficiently delivering this content using practical examples.

2)  Introduce Techniques to Collect Requirements – and three learning objectives for this content:

• Introduce the FIVE STEP PLAN to collect requirements
• Experience effective methods for collecting requirements through discovery sessions.
• FOUR STATEMENTS that keep stakeholders focused and on track.

This area of content delves into the details of how requirements collection can be streamlined.  It describes the content needed, answers why this content must be present, and assures that participants walk away with defined techniques that can be used in live sessions to improve meeting outcome.

3) Requirements Impact – and two learning objectives for this content:

• Introduce issues in Requirements Communication – impediments to excellence in requirements
• Review findings on the impact of requirements excellence on project outcome.
  

What Participants Will Receive:

• DOWNLOADABLE Presentation/Workbook
• SUCCESS BUILDER CHECKLISTS
• QUICK REFERENCE SHEET
• TEMPLATES:  Sample Invitation and Agenda Templates that you can use to organize your next sessions. 
• PERSONALIZED CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION
• SESSION ARCHIVE – View it again – review the key points – refresh on techniques just before you use them.