Elicit the Right Requirements: Two Powerful Techniques for Software Developers

 
As part of Requirements Management Best Practices, this educational production pays homage to the reality that “There is nothing that can be done later in a software project to overcome failings during the elicitation stage…except to spend more money, take longer, incur higher risk and deliver lower quality. Elicitation matters.”

Topics covered in this educational production include:

• What is a requirement? If you’re not eliciting these, then just what are you collecting?
• What is your requirements process? Do you employ Agile, CMMI, or others? The choices you make in elicitation technique will affect everything about your project... right or wrong.
• Did you know, requirements elicitation methods can vary in duration as much as ten times…without any meaningful difference in yield?
• Why establishing, defining and understanding the “context” and “situation” of the requirements can be more important than the requirements themselves.
• Make this process simple and up to nine times faster using powerful software requirements elicitation techniques.

 
Dr. Rick Hubbard is a Solutions Architect reporting to Serena VP, Dave Canelis. He brings fifteen years experience developing accelerated facilitated-processes used to launch complex software projects. Based on a relentless focus on knowing the value of solving a business problem, Rick has used these novel methods to help clients launch and successfully complete over 400 projects. A long-time denizen of the tech-heady world of Silicon Valley, he has held senior technology positions at BEA Systems, leading consulting firms and leading enterprise search providers. Rick has a BS in Computer Science, an MBA in Finance and a Doctorate in Computer Science.

Rick is based in Northern California, travels extensively (sometimes as pilot of a Cessna 182), frequently speaks and writes on the topic of technology value, and can be reached at 415.624.5865 or rhubbard@serena.com.