Mastering the Requirements ProcessJames Archer11-13 November 2015, LondonOverview Software can solve almost any problem. The problem is that we don't always understand what the problem is. Understanding the problem—the real problem—is the role of the requirements process.This workshop presents a complete process for uncovering the real requirements, testing them for correctness, and recording them clearly, comprehensibly and unambiguously. This requirements process starts with the business—for it is only within the business that you discover the real needs. When you know the real needs, it is possible to determine the system that best serves those needs, and to specify, completely and innovatively, the requirements to get the right system built.This workshop shows you how to precisely define the scope of the business problem, to discover and involve the appropriate stakeholders, to use today’s techniques to learn what the business really needs, to innovate and find better ways to do the work, to communicate effectively and to write testable, unambiguous requirements.Learning Objectives Determine the real needs of your clientUncover the essence of the businessRecommend a system to improve itLearn diverse elicitation techniques to uncover the real requirementsWrite requirements that are complete, traceable, and testableWrite agile storiesUnderstand the role of the business analyst in agile projectsUnderstand the need for (and how to write) both functional and non-functional requirementsPrecisely define the scope of the projectDiscover all the stakeholders and keep them involvedUse prototypes and sketches to discover hidden needsGet the requirements quickly, and incrementallyUse state of the art requirements techniquesDiscover the right requirements