Software requirements definition workshop identifies business priorities for a new business system software acquisition.
Buying software for a company has to be business requirement driven. The first step is getting the relevant section managers of the business together to see what would help them do their job better and quantify the benefits.
The software requirements definition workshop track
It is designed to identify the business priorities for a new business system software acquisition
Meeting attendees are key business managers effected by the change, who understand their part of the companies business.
The track comprises:
1) The workshop agree the assessment criteria they will use to prioritise the business need for the new software such as:
- Good financial returns
- Cost saving
- Invoicing efficiency
- Customer satisfaction
- Increase of market
- Increase of sales value
- Sales staff support
- Internal staff benefits
- Internal process improvement
- Risk to business
2) They defined and prioritise business drivers important to the company.
3) The key business managers will present their part of the business that could benefit by new application software, and the supporting business case.
4) The group will asses all the needs and using the agreed assessment criteria will prioritise the business requirements across the effected departments.
5) The group will use the outcome to re-visit the managers needs and ensure the priorities have been reasonably derived and any exceptions discussed.
6) Final presentation of the results to the group.
7) Group sign off and statement of satisfaction of the outcome. This ensures all are happy and any objections have been adequately addressed.
8) The next step for the company is planned.
Meeting Deliverables
The deliverables provide the information that allows the definition of a strategic and technical road map. They show how these business functions could be streamlined and provide measurable return on investment. It provides a prioritised list of agreed business requirements and functions needed in the new software to make a step change improvement in business operation.
Your next step
The Next step after completion of the workshop is to evaluate suitable software packages to see how closely configured they can be to meet the business requirements.
A gap analysis will show what can and cannot be easily achieved and gap mitigation strategies devised.
The software buying decision can them be made and the application implementation started.
Top find out how this track can be adjusted to suit your business needs, contact us.
