Obstacles to Successful Requirements Modeling and

How to Overcome Them

Leslie MartinichPresident, Competitive Focus

Doug RussellPresident, Executive Team Leadership

what might go wrong?

stakeholders don’t know what they want

stakeholders did not communicate effectively

requirements changed

stakeholders lack understanding

obstacle: limited vision

approach: understand, educate and gain support

obstacle: conflicting system priorities

approach: recognize, educate, and lead the negotiations

obstacle: lack of stakeholder access

approach: understand, educate and gain support

obstacle: requirements change

approach: explore assumptions, improve

communication

obstacle: indecisiveness

approach: patience and understanding, gently

advancing

communicateprioritize

acquire executive support understand your customer

include the right stakeholders allow for ongoing definition

cover breadth firstiterate later

questions?

Leslie Martinich 423-5121Doug Russell 528-8826