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CHAPTER 2: THE REQUIREMENTS PROCESS WHAT IS A PROJECT BLASTOFF AND ITS THE IMPORTANCE IN A PROJECT? The project blastoff is one of the initial activities which is about to happen in a few hours or a few days depending to the size of the project. The project blastoff is also called project kickoff, project initiation, or launch. Any projects need to get well prepared for the resources, detail information before proceeding to next phases. In fact, a project blastoff is one of the most important tools to succeed. This is the occasion to set up many essential things such as: Purpose of the project The scope of work The stakeholders Constraints The risks The estimated cost · WHY DOES A BUSINESS ANALYST USE THE QUICK AND DIRTY MODELING? The quick and dirty modeling is also known as quick and dirty prototyping which the “dirty” word does not have the negative meaning. This model uses available materials and objects to simulate the actual situation very qui...

                                                                Chapter 3                                                 Scoping the business problem Question 1. What is naming conventions and definitions for a project and how it is important? Answer Every project has unique names that are particular to it and these names are recorded to make the communication smoother and easier between the stakeholders and team members. In every project at th...

Chapter 1 – Some Fundamental Truths Q – 1 What is meant by “Requirements are not really about requirements”? ANS:   A requirement is something a product must do or a quality it must have to make it acceptable. The requirements activity is not about writing a requirements document. But it focuses on discovering a business problem and providing a solution to it. The real art of requirements discovery is discovering the real problem. Once it is accomplished, you get the basis for identifying and choosing between alternative solutions. Q – 2 What are functional requirements? ANS: A functional requirement is one of the things a product must perform to be useful. For example, let’s take the example of house under construction, in which it is already clear how the house would look (colors, sizes of bedrooms) and would perform (have an air-conditioning unit in each bedroom). This is something that owner wants the house to be able to do, a function he/she wants the house to b...