Solutions for the Requirement Gathering Process, Part III
The third attempt at RAD is team-based and was designed to ensure business user involvement. The team-based method creates a flexible team with few core members and several periphery members from business and IT who come and go as their skills are needed. Success with the team-based approach relies on communication, designation of roles and responsibilities for each member, as well as a clearly defined goal for the team to achieve. In a team-based environment work is carried out in short extensive bursts in an effort to retain focus, an understanding that the team is working under a fixed timeframe is given, and training is implemented before the start of the RGP. Another advantage of the team based approach is that it can be used in multi-site project management, POS rollouts and multi-site rollouts.
After you have provided your team with the tools and guidelines it needs to successfully gather system requirements, look at your project and make sure that the RGP involves business users, has executive management support, a clear statement of requirements, proper planning and realistic expectations.
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Written by John Livermore - Multi-site Project Management
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