5 steps to better quality requirements – Uncovering poor quality requirements

This Webinar took place on Thursday, 25th February, 2010.
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‘This talk gives you, in a very short amount of time, some of the most valuable requirements information you will hear this year’

Join thought leader Ian Alexander, noted requirements guru and author of ‘Discovering Requirements’ to learn key techniques for uncovering poor quality and incomplete requirements.

In this no-cost, one-hour Web seminar, you’ll see:

  • Key Validation techniques for uncovering quality issues during the requirements process
  • Clear check lists for spotting quality issues that threaten your projects
  • Practical “how-to” tips based on real-life project examples
  • An understanding of how to automate the validation of your documented Requirements with clear metrics using the VisibleThread quality solution.

This co-hosted webinar will provide you the information you need to significantly improve the quality of requirements in your organisation and see how this can be achieved in an automated way eliminating tedious manual review cycles.

Featured Speakers:

Ian Alexander Principal, Scenario Plus

Ian Alexander is an independent consultant, trainer and author specialising in Requirements Engineering. He has worked with organisations in transportation, telecommunications, aerospace, government and public service in the UK and around the world, on both implementation projects and process support.

He is the lead author of Writing Better Requirements (2002), Scenarios, Stories, Use Cases (2004), and Discovering Requirements (2009)

He is the chairman of the BCS Requirements Engineering Specialist Group.

Fergal McGovern Founder, VisibleThread

Fergal McGovern has worked in software for over 20 years, both in the US and Ireland. Fergal is founder of VisibleThread and works closely with major corporate clients to help them achieve requirements process improvement, leveraging the ground breaking VisibleThread automated quality checking solution.

VisibleThread for IT

2:48 minutes
This summary overview shows the business case for using VisibleThread for IT programs. It shows why up to 42% of IT project cost can be attributed to defective documentation and demonstrates how VisibleThread addresses this large business issue.

Red-flagging Bad Language

3:47 minutes
There are some words/phrases that you should avoid in a proposal. This short video shows how VisibleThread scans and red-flags 'bad language' in your RFP Responses.

Using Discovery to spot Gaps

2:28 minutes
Identification of key concepts in issued documents (RFP etc.) helps align the language of the response volumes. Discovery in VisibleThread can uncover mismatches and lack of alignment between issuer and response docs to support reviews and underpin a winning bid.

Validating Win Theme Language

4:43 minutes
Win themes articulate business differentiation. Too often, with multiple contributors and authors, it is hard to keep theme language consistent.

Here we see how VisibleThread validates response docs against win themes by:

Scanning for Compliance Requirements

4:30 minutes
Proposal Managers have to manually scan issued documents or pdfs to spot requirements prefaced with 'shall', 'must' etc. and track them in spreadsheets. This demo shows an 'obligation scan' run against a SOW. All instances of 'will', 'must', 'shall' are identified. It concludes by generating a first pass of an Excel Compliance Matrix.

Collaborations and Team Reviews with
Discussions

5:31 minutes
Managing inputs from multiple contributors and conducting efficient team reviews is critical to successful outcomes. This demo shows how VisibleThread supports collaboration using web based discussions.

Integrating with MS SharePoint

2:36 minutes
VisibleThread integrates seamlessly with MS SharePoint using an intuitive export/import capability. This short demo shows how the integration works in practical terms. We cover:

Plain Language Analysis

4:11 minutes
Plain Language Analysis drives clear documentation. This demo outlines how VisibleThread can identify long sentences, passive langauge and facilitate plain langauge audits.