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Survive and Thrive With Effective
Requirements Gathering
Create an accurate picture of what your business wants and
needs from its IT projects.
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ANALYST PERSPECTIVE
Robust business requirements are the basis of a
successful project; an Info-Tech study found that of
projects that fail, over two-thirds fail due to poor
requirements.
Organizations struggle to define a consistent and
repeatable process for requirements gathering. This
results in wasted time and effort from both IT and
the business, and generates incomplete requirements
that lack value.
This research will help you get requirements
gathering right by developing a set of standard
operating procedures across requirements
elicitation, analysis, and validation to ensure
projects start off on the right foot.
Ben Dickie
Senior Manager, Enterprise Applications
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Requirements
Gathering
An essential step in all IT projects.
50%
Of project rework is
attributable to problems with
requirements.
Info-Tech, Build a Strong
Approach to Business
Requirements Gathering, 2016
5.1%
78%
Of IT professionals believe the
business is “usually” or “always” out
of sync with project requirements.
Info-Tech, Build a Strong Approach to
Business Requirements Gathering, 2016
Of every dollar spent on
projects and programs for SMB
is wasted due to poor
requirements management.
PMI, Pulse of the Profession, 2014
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Increase project savings and decrease waste by
streamlining the requirements gathering process
With a standardized, repeatable requirements gathering process you can save
5.1%
of every allocated project dollar.
SMB spends
Average IT salary
forty-eight percent of staffing
allocation on IT processes
impacted by requirements
gathering.1
Ranges from $86,000 to $160,000.2
Annual Savings
$27,000 – $40,400
Assumptions |
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10-15 people in IT
Sources |
1 – Info-Tech Research Group Industry Spotlight
2 – Robert Half Technology 2017 Salary Guide for IT Professionals
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Requirements Gathering
Use the following research to help you:
Create more precise,
organized, and
meaningful business
requirements.
Streamline how
you approach and
execute a project’s
requirements
gathering stage.
Improve how
you engage critical
stakeholders
throughout the
process.
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Requirements gathering is just one step in an IT project
PMBOK’s Five-Phase Project Lifecycle
Initiate
Close
Execute
Plan
Control
Inaccurate
requirements is the
nd
2
most common cause
of project failure.
Requirements gathering is a critical
stage of project planning.
Requirements gathering extends into the initiate
and execute phases of the project lifecycle for
both Waterfall and Agile approaches.
(PMI 2015)
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Follow a standard approach to gathering requirements
Info-Tech’s three-step approach to gathering your IT project requirements.
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2
3
ELICIT
ANALYZE
VALIDATE
Prepare
Organize
Translate
Conduct
Prioritize
Allocate
Confirm
Verify
Approve
Requirements gathering is simple in its approach, but is often complicated and
difficult to accurately execute.
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Is This Research Right for You?
Research Navigation
Managing the requirements gathering process is one of the key success factors in enabling
efficient, on-time, and on-budget delivery of projects. Answer the following questions to determine
whether the activities in this deck are relevant to your requirements gathering needs.
Question
If you answered no
If you answered yes
Do you have less than 15 people in
IT?
Review Info-Tech’s Build a Strong
Approach to Business Requirements
Gathering.
Follow the guidance in this
blueprint
Do projects often run over time and
over budget due to a lack of
streamlined requirements?
Review Info-Tech’s other project
management offerings.
Follow the guidance in this
blueprint
Does IT lack formalized processes for
project intake and prioritization?
Review Info-Tech’s other project
management offerings.
Review Info-Tech’s Rebalance Project
Intake for the Small Enterprise.
Are you looking to improve project
execution?
Review Info-Tech’s other project
management offerings.
Review Info-Tech’s Create Project
Management Success.
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Use this research to establish an effective requirements
gathering process
Intended Audience
• IT leaders and business stakeholders that want to
develop a standardized requirements gathering process.
• Project managers and applications development
managers looking to reduce project waste.
This Research Includes
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A standard operating procedures document.
A set of elicitation, analysis, and validation techniques
for requirements gathering.
A comprehensive portfolio of deliverables to streamline
requirements gathering inputs.
WALK AWAY FROM THIS
BLUEPRINT WITH:
• A fully established requirements gathering
process.
• An on-going governance model for the
process.
• An effective testing and communications
plan.
Expected Benefits
• Decreased project waste.
• Documented, repeatable project requirements gathering
process.
• Formed governance committee and structure for
requirements gathering on an on-going basis.
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Don’t just read it – do it!
Use this research to create the following key deliverables:
1. Requirements
Gathering SOP Template
Consume this
research in a variety
of different ways.
2. Project Intake SOP
DIY Blueprint
Download this PowerPoint deck
and the linked tools and
templates.
3. Requirements Gathering
Technique Guide
4. Requirements Gathering
Maturity Assessment
Guided Implementation
Speak with an analyst in a series
of guided calls as you use the
research materials.
Guided Implementation Outline
5. Business Requirements
Document
6. Requirements Gathering
Documentation Tool
Workshop
Have Info-Tech come onsite and
facilitate a four-day workshop on the
topic.
Workshop Overview
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Info-Tech’s research is built upon essential frameworks
Info-Tech leverages COBIT, ITIL, PMBOK, and Prince2 to provide high-quality
research backed by industry standards.
Our approach takes into account the realities that small IT departments face and offers a
simplified and more realistic pathway towards portfolio visibility.
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