Recent webinar presentation by Jama Software and Ravenflow on the State of Requirements Management. This presentation shared the findings from an industry survey and report on the latest trends, challenges and techniques that teams are using to plan and develop new software products and systems.

1. The State of
Requirement
Management
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2. John Simpson
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3. About the Survey
203 professionals worldwide
40% business analysts
Companies big and small
Diverse industries
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5. Take-away: Fundamentals still apply
“Managing the rapid
change of requirements
and traceability is our
toughest challenge.”
- Survey participant
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7. Take-away: Speed does matter
“We’re a fast follower.
We watch the
competition closely and
then make it better.”
- Survey participant
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9. Take-away: Ask your customers
“Lavish R&D budgets
don’t deliver better
performance. Customer
focus does.”
- Booz Allen Hamilton,
Global Innovation 1000 Report
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10. Live Poll Question
How often do you elicit
requirements from your customers?
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12. Take-away: Enhance and release
“Our goal is to deliver
quality software in a
reduced timeframe using
an iterative approach to
development and
systematic testing.”
- Survey participant
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14. Take-away: Complexity impacts success
Scope Team Success
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16. Take-away: Change is a reality – manage it
“You have to manage
change effectively, or it
will manage you.”
- Survey participant
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17. Live Poll Question
Is change management
an issue for your team?
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19. Take-away: Satisfaction #1, but get consensus
“To avoid conflicts, teams
should all agree on the
shared goals and metrics
as much as possible.”
- Jeff Lash, author of blog
How to Be a Good Product Manager
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20. Live Poll Question
Is your team in sync on
how you measure success?
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24. Take-away: Success rates still suffer
“Some of the biggest
problems come from
pursuing what the
customer says they want,
without determining what
they really need.”
- Survey participant
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26. Take-away: Many companies use a mix
“It depends highly on the
project characteristics,
so it varies from
Waterfall to Agile.”
- Survey participant
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27. Live Poll Question
Which process does your team use?
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30. Take-away: Documents still dominate,
but collaboration in RM is on the rise.
“Requirements management is
a communication process.
Collaboration happens when
everyone has the same
understanding of the
requirements.”
- Survey participant
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32. Live Poll Question
What’s your favorite genre of music?
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33. Summary: So, what did we learn?
No substitute for the fundamentals
Customers really do rule
Change and complexity – deal with it
Companies use a mix of processes
Collaboration meets requirements
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34. Next Step
Participate in the 2009 Survey
10 Minutes 20 Questions
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35. Questions?
John Simpson
jsimpson@jamasoftware.com
www.jamasoftware.com
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