Streamlining Business Requirements: The XCellR8 Approach | by Gerrie Caudle | 2009 | ISBN: 9781567262407. Business Management Books. What Makes a Good Business Requirement. Business Requirements Document
Streamlining Business Requirements: The XCellR8 Approach
by Gerrie Caudle
2009 (210 pages)
ISBN:9781567262407
Introducing a structured, well-defined set of steps, this book provides project managers and business analysts with the foundation, principles, and steps needed to document business requirements in an accurate and efficient manner.
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Streamlining Business Requirements—The XCellR8 Approach
Preface
Overview
The Importance of Business Requirements
Gathering Business Requirements
Introduction
Overview
What Are Business Requirements?
What Makes a Business Requirement Good?
The Requirements Phase
The Requirements-Gathering Process
In Brief
Chapter 1 – What Is the XCellR8™ Approach?
What Is XCellR8™?
Why Does XCellR8™ Work?
In Brief
Chapter 2 – The XCellR8™ Approach: Identifying Business Events
Overview
Using Business Rules to Find Events
Case Study: Business Events for a Portfolio Management Project
In Brief
Chapter 3 – The XCellR8™ Approach: The Event Process Model
Parts of the Event Process Model
Business Event Triggers
Exercise: Creating Event Process Models for an Internal Technical Support System
Event Process Models in Everyday Situations
Creating Event Process Models for a Simple Purchase Order System
Supplier Payment Is Enabled
In Brief
Chapter 4 – The XCellR8™ Approach: The Event Entity Relationship Diagram and Data Attribution
The Event Entity Relationship Diagram
Object Relationships
Creating an Event Entity Relationship Diagram
What Is Data Attribution?
In Brief
Chapter 5 – Putting It All Together
What Is a Requirements Session?
Preparing for a Requirements Session
Scoping a Project
Conducting the Requirements Session
Eliciting the Requirements
The Business Requirements Document
In Brief
Chapter 6 – The Life Cycle of an Object
Overview
Using an Object Life Cycle Matrix
In Brief
Chapter 7 – The XCellR8™ Approach: Completeness Tests
Overview
Completeness of a Business Event
Is Your Event Process Description Complete?
Completeness of Business Requirements1
Chapter 8 – The XCellR8™ Approach: The Big Picture
End-to-End Business Scenarios
Using a Swim Lane Diagram
Using a Context Diagram
Logical Data Modeling
Nonfunctional Requirements
In Brief
Chapter 9 – Using Use Cases
What Is a Use Case?
How Business Events and Use Cases Relate to One Another
Requirements Elicitation in a Use Case Structure
Process Flow Charts
In Brief
Chapter 10 – Test Scenarios
Overview
Writing Test Scenarios
Test Cases
The Test Specification Document
In Brief
Chapter 11 – Business Requirements Traceability
Overview
Traceability to an Original Business Requirement
Types of Traceability
Practical Traceability Tips
In Brief
Chapter 12 – Applying the XCellR8™ Approach
Overview
New Development
Reverse Engineering
Process Reengineering
Business Process Mapping
Enhancement
In Brief
Appendix—Example Business Requirements Document
Overview
Document Control
Contents
Executive Summary
Project Overview
Business Requirements Overview
Specific Business Requirements
Data Dictionary
Global Requirements
Reporting Requirements
Project Timing Considerations
Glossary of Terms
Appendix
Glossary
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