Requirements Definition - Project and Outcome Success Drivers, PMI’s Road Map

  Business Analysis   Manufacturing   Requirements Management  

This presentationwill focus on how PMBOK and the Business Analyst Professional Practitioners Guide provide the foundation to develop sound outcome requirement definitions. A recurring challenge for projects is the delivery of outcomes that meet stakeholder expectations. When outcomes do not produce expected results, the associated implementations that delivered those outcomes will likely be viewed unfavorably. Requirements definition is a well-known technique for specifying project deliverables and outcomes. Incorporating requirements definition into project phases can significantly improve the chances that the outcomes will meet expectations, and the associated implementation will be judged a success. The topic is timely as PMI has recently announced the Business Analysis Professional certification program as a strategy to improve project successes. 

Presenter Allan Meltzer has provided ERP project implementation services for over 17 years to clients in the United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom and France. His engagements covered supply chain, fulfillment chain, and manufacturing processes. The industries in which these services have been provided are manufacturing, consumer products, services, extraction, energy, and healthcare. Before becoming a consultant, Allan was a controller and had a financial and cost accounting background. He worked with ISO certified companies, and participated in an enterprise efforto win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for organizational excellence. Allan has a BA from West Virginia University and a MBA from University of New Orleans. He is a CPA and PMP.

A recurring challenge for projects is the delivery of outcomes that meet stakeholder expectations. When outcomes do not produce expected results, the associated implementations that delivered those outcomes will likely be viewed unfavorably. Requirements definition is a well-known technique for specifying project deliverables and outcomes. Incorporating requirements definition into project phases can significantly improve the chances that the outcomes will meet expectations, and the associated implementation will be judged a success. Attendees will walk away with learning how to define requirements before project starts to improve project and outcome success, how the project charter contains the business analysis, and more.