Faceted Feature Analysis: Increasing Integrity Through Needs Analysis
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The document discusses a structured approach to needs analysis and feature prioritization for project scope development. It emphasizes evaluating requirements based on business value, technical risk, and user value, utilizing a value ratings system and a flexibility matrix. This method aims to enhance decision-making during project planning by incorporating expert input and considering project constraints.
Faceted Feature Analysis: Increasing Integrity Through Needs Analysis
- 1. Increasing integrity through needs analysis Faceted Feature Analysis Adam Polansky Principal IA Travelocity Customer Experience Group
- 2. How do you turn raw requirements into a qualified scope ? Requirements
- 3. Sources Business Requirements Document Field Inquiry Brainstorm Competitive Analysis User Stories Existing Features Requirements List
- 4. Example: Feature List Itemized list of unqualified requirements
- 5. Value Ratings Rate each item in the list against three criteria: Business Value – What is the importance of this feature to the business goals of the projects Technical Risk – What is the feasibility of the development of each feature. This can take in sophistication, amount of work or discovery User Value – How does this feature contribute to the goals of the user both internal and external
- 6. Example: Value Ratings Ratings from 1 to 5 5 being highest
- 7. Flexibility Matrix Least Flexibility Most Flexibility x3 x2 x1
- 8. Example: Value Weights x2 x1 x3 Multiply the values in each column by their weight from the matrix Sort on the weighted scores
- 9. Effort Estimate Effort can be mapped directly to Cost or Time
- 10. Benefits Adds objectivity when ranking features Gets input from the experts from each domain Factors in overall project capabilities & constraints Makes for more informed decisions during iteration planning
- 11. Q & A