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Who does product and project requirements and why?

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Bismarck Ansong Business Consultant| Ansong and Ansong Consulting Group Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Hello folks! I hope all is well with everyone! My question is As Project managers who will you put in charge to do the product and project requirements?
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John Tieso Author, Lecturer in Business Management| The Catholic University of America, Busch School of Business & Economics Arlington, Va, United States
From my perspective, it is not the team who decides on requirements--any kind of requirements other than technical perspectives. it is inherent in the requirements, developed by the office of need, supported by the sponsor, and fleshed out by the sponsor and eventually the prospective PM that decides on deliverable requirements.
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Apr 11, 2017 5:00 PM
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Great! Let me rephrase the question well.
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Bismarck Ansong Business Consultant| Ansong and Ansong Consulting Group Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Apr 11, 2017 4:47 PM
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From my perspective, it is not the team who decides on requirements--any kind of requirements other than technical perspectives. it is inherent in the requirements, developed by the office of need, supported by the sponsor, and fleshed out by the sponsor and eventually the prospective PM that decides on deliverable requirements.
Great! Let me rephrase the question well.
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Bismarck Ansong Business Consultant| Ansong and Ansong Consulting Group Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Who is responsible for product and project requirements?
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Aaron Porter
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IT Director| Blade HQ Payson, UT, United States
As a PM, I am often not involved with a project while product requirements are being developed. Even when I am, it is the BA who owns requirements.

When I first started as a PM, the BA was also me. That wouldn't work so well on the projects I'm on, now.
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Bismarck Ansong Business Consultant| Ansong and Ansong Consulting Group Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Great!
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Naomi Caietti Senior Project Manager | ePMO | Higher Education | Healthcare & IT| Linkedin.com/In/NaomiCaietti
Bismarck:
Your business analyst should be the one responsible for developing your business requirements and should work closely with your PM and sponsor.
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Bismarck Ansong Business Consultant| Ansong and Ansong Consulting Group Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Great
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Take a look to Business Analysis guide. I have the opportunity to work from the "genesis" of the role with the IIBA and now with the PMI. Thanks God this topic which is not clear into the PMBOK will be clearly defined in the new PMBOK version and the new Buisiness Analysis Standard. Here comes a short definition. Why a project is started? To create a solution (product/service/result) to a business problem that arrives when strategic needs of transformation arrives. Who helps the organization to define the solution? The business analyst. So, from solution requirements the project requirements are defined. The project manager is accountable to define the project requirements while business analyst is accountable to define the product/service/result requirements.
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Bismarck Ansong Business Consultant| Ansong and Ansong Consulting Group Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Product is the solution
Project is the mean to realize the solution

Two tasks that need working together to achieve the benefits, different context.

Should it be the same person? no
Should the collaborate? yes
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