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Requirements Gathering
Requirements gathering is the process of generating a list of functional, technical and systematic requirements from several project stakeholders, such as clients, IT staff, product users or vendors. This list may likely include features, activities and tasks for a team to execute in order to achieve the goals of a project. Usually, there are two types of requirements to consider: functional and non-functional. Functional requirements include the information, interactions and processes that a client requests. Non-functional requirements are other technical and operational aspects of a project.
Here are some aspects we consider as you start requirements gathering:
- Timeline: This entails estimating the overall length and schedule of a project. This can help you effectively plan for its requirements over the course of an entire project, ensuring that you're prepared throughout its duration.
- People: Consider who you want to include in a project and what their various roles might be. Try to determine their individual requirements, as well as how they might collaborate with the entire team.
- Goals: Identifying primary goals early can help you determine a project's requirements and ensure that the project specifically focuses on executing these objectives.
Benefits of our requirements gathering:
- Increased customer and client satisfaction :- By including stakeholders, such as clients, into the requirements gathering stage of a project, you can focus your business plan to meet their requests and priorities. This can lead to increased customer and client satisfaction with the product and your company as a whole.
- Faster product delivery :- Requirements gathering allows you to take a broad approach to project planning and develop the most efficient ways to produce and deliver your products to vendors.
- Reduced need to rework :- Requirements gathering reduces the demand to frequently rework the development process, which can save your employees time and energy and lead to an increase in efficiency and productivity.
- Increased trust :- Accounting for the preferences of stakeholders can emphasize that you take their input seriously and you're invested in developing a product aligned with their goals. This can increase their trust in your company and their satisfaction with your product.
- Effective communication :- Successful requirements gathering may prevent poor communication and streamline both internal interactions and conversations with stakeholders, ensuring that everyone is well-informed about the purpose and priorities of a particular project.