This one-day, live online Non-Functional Requirements Workshop provides business analysts and other change professionals with the practical knowledge and techniques needed to effectively identify, analyse and document non-functional requirements (NFRs).
Through an interactive and hands-on format, delegates will explore the importance of NFRs and how they influence the success of projects and solutions. The course examines common categories of non-functional requirements, relevant stakeholder groups and appropriate elicitation techniques, alongside how NFRs should be approached across different change delivery lifecycles.
Participants will learn how to define clear, measurable and well-structured NFRs, apply the MoSCoW prioritisation framework, and use verification and validation techniques to improve quality and achieve stakeholder agreement. The workshop also explores requirements traceability and the opportunities for reusing NFRs across projects.
The course is ideal for business analysts, product owners, requirements engineers, consultants and other practitioners looking to strengthen their requirements analysis capabilities.
Introduction to Requirements and NFRs
- Understanding different requirement types and classification
- The importance and significance of non-functional requirements
Stakeholders
- Identifying relevant stakeholders
- Understanding different stakeholder types
- Exploring how NFRs affect different stakeholder groups
Change Delivery Lifecycles
- Plan-driven and change-driven approaches
- Build versus buy considerations
- When and how to elicit and analyse NFRs
- Requirements traceability
Eliciting and Categorising NFRs
- Planning effective elicitation activities
- Selecting appropriate elicitation techniques
- Categorising non-functional requirements
Analysing and Defining NFRs
- Writing clear and effective NFR statements
- Prioritising requirements using MoSCoW
- Verification, validation and stakeholder sign-off
- Reusing non-functional requirements across projects
This course is designed for professionals who are responsible for eliciting, analysing, defining or managing non-functional requirements, including:
- Business Analysts
- Product Owners
- Requirements Engineers
- Functional Analysts
- Business Systems Analysts
- Requirements Managers
- Consultants
- Other change and technology professionals involved in requirements definition
There are no specific entry requirements. However, the course will be particularly valuable for practitioners with some existing business analysis experience who want to broaden their knowledge and develop a more structured and practical approach to working with non-functional requirements.
Principal Consultant
Blackmetric Business Solutions
Adrian Reed is a true advocate of the analysis profession. In his day job, he acts as Principal Consultant at Blackmetric Business Solutions where he provides business analysis consultancy and training solutions to a range of clients in varying industries. He is editor-in-chief of the quarterly open-access magazine BA Digest, and he speaks internationally on topics relating to business analysis and business change. Adrian wrote the 2016 book ‘Be a Great Problem Solver… Now’ and the 2018 book ‘Business Analyst’ You can read Adrian’s blog at http://www.adrianreed.co.uk and connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianreed/
