BSNS 552V - Requirements Gathering

Course Description

Requirements gathering is used to plan, elicit, analyze, integrate and model business requirements into product and service solutions and designs. Models provide the visual representation of requirements that convey information in a concise and understandable manner. By using a combination of collaborative elicitation, requirement analysis and visual models, a framework is established to ask relevant questions, receive insightful answers, present information and analyze and validate stakeholder groups' results to establish their needs and solutions to their business problem or opportunity. 

In this course, students explore techniques and practices used to gather requirements and identify and understand the levels of requirements that define a solution scope.

Learner Outcomes

• identify tasks and techniques that support requirements elicitation and analysis
• apply a combination of visual models to elicit and model stakeholder and solution requirements, and ensure alignment of those requirements with the business need
• define the solution scope to meet a business need, including stakeholder requirements, business processes and business capabilities
• develop a Use Case diagram and a Context diagram used to identify, clarify, specify and organize requirements
• define different types of business rules and create a business rules decision table
• identify and model nonfunctional quality-of-service requirements (those that cannot be categorized in any other way)

Notes

This course is offered as part of the Business Analysis Extension Certificate Program at Mount Royal University.

Interactive Zoom Sessions 

Live interactive Zoom sessions serve as a dynamic platform that breathes life into the course content. In these sessions, you will actively interact with the instructor, fellow participants, and the course material. Active participation in these real-time sessions not only refines students' comprehension of the weekly topic but also cultivates critical thinking and collaborative problem-solving skills, which can be directly applied to professional practice.

Technology requirements:

• Laptop or Desktop Computer, you need to be able to watch videos during class, open PDF files, and chat with other learners 
• Access to the Internet. 
• A webcam and a headset, microphone, or speakers for your computer will be required. 

Required Textbook 
This following textbook is a required reference for this course.

International Institute of Business Analysis. (2015). A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge: BABOK Guide (version 3.0). Toronto: Ontario: International Institute of Business Analysis. 

This textbook is a reference for all Business Analysis courses and is a requirement for all students who intend to complete the certificate. A pdf copy of the textbook is available through the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) website.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Business Analysis Certificate Program : Required