Pierson Requirements Group’s customers have found that they are able to capture 93 – 95% of the business requirements functionality by using a collaborative requirements method and by creating and validating paper prototypes with the business community.  Pierson’s philosophy is to strive for consensus based requirements in order to provide better customer satisfaction.  If a more traditional interviewing approach is used to gather requirements, studies show that only 65% of the requirements will be captured.  When using a collaborative approach to gathering requirements Pierson’s studies show that there will be at least 90% of the business requirements defined.  If companies validate the data descriptions and the screens and reports, the requirements will be further defined to the programmer and a better understanding of the business and technical community is achieved.  JAD session and focus groups are both excellent tools for implementing a collaborative requirements gathering approach.

To learn more about training that is available for these collaborative techniques and methodologies click on Pierson’s Requirements Group’s agendas for JAD Facilitation & Requirements Gathering using Use Cases and Business Requirements Gathering & Writing Seminars.