Comments on: It’s Not “All Requirements” – Assumptions and Constraints Matter Too! (BABOK 6.4) https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/ba-stories-its-not-all-requirements-assumptions-and-constraints-matter-too/ We'll Help You Start Your Business Analyst Career Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: BA Stories: Oh where, oh where does this requirement belong? (BABOK 7.2) | The Agile Radar https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/ba-stories-its-not-all-requirements-assumptions-and-constraints-matter-too/comment-page-1/#comment-430395 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:40:24 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=9200#comment-430395 […] BA Stories: It’s Not “All Requirements” – Assumptions and Constraints Matter Too! (BABOK… As BAs we very easily get wrapped up in our… […]

]]> By: Mark W https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/ba-stories-its-not-all-requirements-assumptions-and-constraints-matter-too/comment-page-1/#comment-430394 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:09:13 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=9200#comment-430394 I recently came to the same conclusion after studying the BABOK on my way to CBAP…I am not utilizing assumptions and constraints effectively on my projects.

Most of my experience with assumptions and constraints ended up being more like a CYA rather than helping determine direction and help make the creative process more effective.

I am keenly interested in how to better handle these two items in a way that helps the my projects more effectively add value. Can’t wait to read others’ comments.

]]> By: Michelle Swoboda https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/ba-stories-its-not-all-requirements-assumptions-and-constraints-matter-too/comment-page-1/#comment-430393 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:25:25 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=9200#comment-430393 A recent project was to scope and define the requirements, assumptions and constraints for a web store for the manufacturing company. One of the constraints we were given by the project sponsor was the limitation of online help/support by the web store. Since we operate globally, it made sense to all of us to offer 24/7 chat support. The constraint was – we do not have people to support this and despite the impact on the customers we were not offering any different support than we are today with email orders.
I challenged the sponsor because I believed that we could not be successful unless we stepped up our support. He won 🙂
So, we tried to find ways to work around this – email support, FAQs on site. It was most difficult having to go back to the stakedholders and communicate that one of their critical requirements was no longer under consideration at least for phase one. We certainly all understood the resourcing constraints.

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