Abstract

Many programming systems today are designed and constructed before business requirements are completed and finalized. Without a proper foundation, these systems will eventually crumble. Streamlining Business Requirements: The XCellR8™ Approach provides project managers and business analysts with the foundation, principles, and steps needed to document business requirements in an accurate and efficient manner. Author Gerrie Caudle introduces the XCellR8™ approach, an analysis method used to gather business requirements in a structured, well-defined set of steps. This book offers comprehensive framework needed to: Effectively analyze business requirements Properly identify business events Prepare for a requirements session Better understand the “big picture” Contents What Is the XCellR8™ Approach? • The XCellR8™ Approach: Identifying Business Events • The XCellR8™ Approach: The Event Process Model • The XCellR8™ Approach: The Event Entity Relationship Diagram and Data Attribution • Putting It All Together • The Life Cycle of an Object • The XCellR8™ Approach: Completeness Tests • The XCellR8™ Approach: The Big Picture • Using Use Cases • Test Scenarios • Business Requirements Traceability • Applying the XCellR8™ Approach About the Author Gerrie Caudle is the President of Toshmar Systems Consulting Inc., an international consulting and training firm that specializes in business requirements gathering and process re-engineering. Gerrie specializes in cross-industry projects, having carried out assignments within government, financial services, transportation, resource, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, and distribution. She was a contributing member of the International Institute for Business Analysis (IIBA) and was instrumental in drafting the first body of knowledge on gathering business requirements.