Focus of Business Requirement Gathering and Truth 5 (Harpreet Singh Brar)

Business requirements gathering is a critical and often overlooked step in a technology selection process. Main focus of Business Requirement gathering is understanding what your systems currently deliver and the key objectives of a new technology acquisition which is essential to realize a successful IT investment.

Truth 5 – The requirements do not have to be written, but they have to become known to the builders.

Aim of the requirements is to produce as large a specification as possible. Writers of the requirements follows a simple law that is, their work will be appreciated in direct proportion to the thickness of the specification. Naturally, there is a need to communicate the requirements to the builders of the product. Despite the efficacy of verbal requirements, it is not feasible to communicate all requirements. Sometimes act of writing a requirement helps both the business analyst and the stakeholder to completely understand it. A completely understood requirement helps in reducing the cost of future maintenance. When the need exists, then the effort involved in writing a requirement is paid back several times over by the precision of the requirement.

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