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BA Practice Day 5: Enterprise Requirements Management
It is wider than any one project
Requirements management is a fundamental component of how organizations manage change.
Yet, while program and project management receive significant attention, funding for training and tools, requirements management often lags.
As a result, projects often manage requirements in a silos which results in conflicts, inconsistent functionality, and resources spent on rediscovering information that could have been shared.
What should a smart organization do to create a sustainable requirements management process?
Starting with the following three steps is doable and realistic. This will help set the stage for further development of the business analysis capability.
1. Acknowledge the importance of business analysis
Any organization that changes and evolves performs business analysis, explicitly or implicitly.
Business analysis capability is crucial for making the change successful.
Even non-technological improvements and process changes benefit from applying analysis techniques to solve business problems.
