Eliciting requirements
At our first meeting with our client stakeholders, our objectives are fairly simple:
- Get to know the stakeholders and their role in the process we are implementing
- Obtain a basic understanding of the stakeholders' expectations
- Understand the stakeholders' goals and identify which capabilities we need to deliver in order to help them realize their goals
It is important that we keep conversations focused and targeted toward identifying requirement domain entities. It's also important that we validate their goals, so as to avoid any unrealistic or vanity goals that may derail the project.
Leading the initial discussions
When we arrive at the offices of Camford Press, we are introduced to the following people:
- Professor Priya Chakrabarti, the editor-in-chief of Camford Press
- Dr. Elizabeth Braddock, Camford University's IS manager
We are also informed that we should have met Dr. Tom Logan, Camford...
