The book draws a clear line between traditional and contemporary methods for gathering requirements.<\/p>\n
Traditional methods include interviewing and listening, directly observing users, and analyzing procedures and documents. Interviews can be done with individuals or groups. Either way, it’s one of the primary ways analysts gather information. There are many different interviewing methods. They also start with plenty of prep work, which can include an interview guide to set out a path for the sequence of questions. Open-ended questions are used to probe for new information, while close-ended questions allow for respondents to pick from a set of options. It’s important for the interviewer to not make it seem like there is a right or wrong answer. Notes should be taken and typed up as soon as possible afterward. Interviewers should seek diverse views and not make any promises in terms of final product. Observation is time consuming and can cause users to change their usual behavior, but is a way to see how things work first hand. Analyzing documents lets you know how things\u00a0should\u00a0<\/em>be done (by the book). Reviewing documents can reveal key individuals, why the current system in the way it is, problems, and much more.<\/p>\n Contemporary methods include Joint Application Design (JAD) and prototyping. JAD is “a structured process in which users, managers, and analysts work together for several days in a series of intensive meetings to specify or review system requirements.” JAD sessions are usually conducted at a place other than where the individuals normally work to remove distractions. They usually involve whiteboards, flipcharts, and other audio-visual elements. The end result should reveal the details of the existing system and features of the new proposed system. Prototyping involves building and rebuilding a rudimentary version of an information system according to user feedback. In evolutionary prototyping, the prototype is the actual foundation for the new system. In throwaway prototyping, it’s a model or mockup that is discarded.<\/p>\n There are also radical methods like business process reengineering and introducing disruptive technologies.\u00a0<\/p>\n Agile methods involve continual user involvement and focus on the user.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The book draws a clear line between traditional and contemporary methods for gathering requirements. Traditional methods include interviewing and listening, directly observing users, and analyzing procedures and documents. Interviews can be done with individuals or groups. Either way, it’s one of the primary ways analysts gather information. There are many different interviewing methods. They also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[663943],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-instructor","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5203sec001spring2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5203sec001spring2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5203sec001spring2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5203sec001spring2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25071"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5203sec001spring2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5203sec001spring2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5203sec001spring2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5203sec001spring2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5203sec001spring2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5203sec001spring2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}