Building a Requirements Management Office as part of Project Office

Engage with IT to assist in the implementation of a Requirements Management Office or Business Analysis Center of Excellence that has the effective structure, and value added service offering needed for the application development and business areas.

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The successes of IT development projects continue to indicate that the largest factor for project failure is poor requirements. There can be several reasons for this:

1. Requirements practices are too loosely defined or inconsistently applied
2. There isn’t adequate support from client and/or IT stakeholders for effort of defining requirements before designing or developing the product
3. Project plans are developed without sufficient consideration to stakeholder requirements
4. Organizations lack expertly trained business analysis and requirements management staff; and so on.

The damage caused by inadequate requirements definition and business systems analysis results in costs overruns, missed milestones, low employee morale, poor software delivery and compromised customer satisfaction.

IT helps Business Managers complete their IT projects effectively on time and within budget by implementing an organizational infrastructure focused on the business’ requirements through best practices, deliverable models, delivery tools, checklists, and templates designed to complement and support leading industry standards bodies and methodologies such as RUP®, CMMI® , IEEE, Six Sigma and IIBA.

If you are treating your Business Analysis and Requirements Management seriously, consider using industry experts (external consultants if needed) to help guide you along the path to success. This will help you in all the critical areas of implementing an RMO, from the requirements methodology, to requirements administration and management, roles and responsibilities, Project Manager relationship management, Client relationship management, Business Analysts and Requirements Managers, outsourcing, training and professional development, organization change management, tools and technology