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Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Collecting Requirements. What do you want to know?. What is the problem area? How does the business you approach it? Is the data available? Who will use the results? Who cares?. ROMC. Representations Operations Memory Aids Controls. Interviews. Individual or group Roles

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Chapter 4

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  1. Chapter 4 Collecting Requirements

  2. What do you want to know? • What is the problem area? • How does the business you approach it? • Is the data available? • Who will use the results? • Who cares?

  3. ROMC • Representations • Operations • Memory Aids • Controls

  4. Interviews • Individual or group • Roles • Lead Interviewer • Scribe • Pre-interview research • Questionnaire • Agenda • User Preparation • Write-up

  5. Interview Roles • Lead Interviewer(s): • direct the questions and adapt to the conversation • Scribe: • take notes. • interject if the lead interviewer misses something. • write up the session • Observer (not more than two) • observe – not participate

  6. Tape recorders Cannot really replace people • Ask first • May make subjects nervous • Require listening to the meeting twice

  7. Subjects (pp. 116 – 117) • Business Executive • What are the business issues? • What is your vision? • Business Manager or Analyst • What are your measures of success? • What data do you use? • What analysis do you typically do? • Data Audit • Data quality or quantity issues? • Potential roadblocks (political or technical)? • How is ad hoc analysis conducted?

  8. Caveats The one question to never ask is “What do you want in your computer system?” That is your job, not theirs. You need to be brave enough to ask executives what keeps them up at night? The interview team needs to resist the temptation to focus only on the top 5 reports or top ten questions. Continually manage expectations.

  9. The interview process • Introduce everyone: make everyone feel comfortable. • Introduce the subject • Remember your role • Verify communication • Define terminology • Establish peer basis: know interviewees vocabulary and business understanding

  10. The interview process (cont.) • Be flexible • be prepared to schedule additional interviews • respect your interviewees time and reschedule if needed • Avoid burnout • don’t schedule too many at once • leave time between sessions • Manage Expectations

  11. The interview process (cont.) • Wrap up the interview • Summarize • Ask for permission to call back • Get documentation • Write up the interview • soon (2 hours to 2 days)

  12. Requirements Findings Document (Business Case) Establishes the relevance and credibility of the data warehouse project. Ties the business requirements to the realistic availability of data.

  13. Facilitated sessions • Each one takes more time than interviews, but may generate more • Requires an experienced facilitator • Requires an initial understanding of the user area • Participants feed of of each others ideas • Participants can negotiate disagreements

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