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How's
requirements closure going for your projects? The inability of reaching
closure of project requirements is one of the top three sources of
negative impact to a projects predictable and timely execution.
Reaching consensus among all parties can be a challenging and lengthy
process, often leaving your project either delayed in getting started
or impacted by rework due to a lack in clarity of requirements.
High
quality and timely requirements closure must be a primary consideration
where predictable project execution is an objective. In support of our
primary purpose of enabling streamlined and predictable design project
execution, we now offer a Requirements Closure Workshop to quickly
manage closure for specific project requirements.
"Removing requirements closure as a
barrier to a projects success"
Sincerely,
Jeff
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The Requirements Closure Workshop
Attaining requirements closure is an objective that has major impact on
the execution predictability, quality and adoption of new products. Yet
in many organizations the process of reaching agreed closure may drag
on for months, sometimes even through the first tapeout. The ideal
remedy for this deficiency is a grass roots, concisely facilitated
workshop tasked with achieving requirements closure for a specific
project.  With
this objective in mind a Requirements Closure Workshop is now a part of
our product lineup. This offering brings an essential collaborative
component to your team, allowing them to quickly reach consensus on a
finalized set of project requirements.
If you have a specific
project where timely and high quality requirements closure is
essential, our Requirements Closure Workshop will be a valuable
solution. The workshop provides a focused environment where
participants will be guided through a pre-determined set of activities,
leading to an agreed set of requirements in as little as a few days.
It's all about facilitating a focus on the end objective - requirements
consensus and clarity.
The types of project requirements range
from the high-level system/customer level through the specific
engineering details, each with different demands of the team. The path
to closure of each type dictates vastly different approaches and
activities to finalize requirements. However, there is always one
common and essential ingredient for timely success - a focal point and
a commitment in reaching agreement. Our workshop facilitates the
process that guides your team to consensus in a timely and orderly
fashion.  The diagram
below is a view of the process we utilize for this results oriented
workshop.
The
roadmap to requirements closure will not be successful with a cookie
cutter approach; hence preparation for each projects unique need is
essential. Groundwork for a successful workshop is an area where we
place a great deal of emphasis. This forethought includes objectives,
people, pre-work, scope definition, sponsorship and the ground rules by
which the workshop will operate.
It sounds like a lot of work,
right? It really comes down to two choices. The first is to continue
with confusion, rework and missed commitments, thus wasting time and
money. The second choice is investing time early in the project to
drive an agreed set of requirements and communication of those
specifications. The first choice allows disorder to prevail while the
second choice enables an orderly project flow.
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If
there is a project where timely and high quality requirements closure
is a must, this workshop should be weighed as a solution. Consider the
behind the scenes project impact due to a lack of clarity in
requirements, a major contributor to unpredictability and rework.
Contact
me today to discuss your project and how this workshop should be
applied to yield a quick path to clarity in requirements. Email me here or call me at 480-895-0478.
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