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Needs Analysis and Requirements Delivery: Guiding the Development Approach with an Intuitive Framework

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Conference

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 5: Exploring and Re-Examining Ideas in Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation Education

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

Page Count

9

DOI

10.18260/1-2--43724

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https://peer.asee.org/43724

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125

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Vijay K. Kanabar Boston University

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Dr. Vijay Kanabar is an Associate Professor of Administrative Sciences at Boston University. He directs the project management program. He is a certified practitioner and has earned the PMP, CSM, and PMI-ACP credentials. Author of several books in the IT and Project Management domains, he was awarded the Lin Stuckenbruck award for his contributions to teaching and learning in the project management discipline. He can be reached at kanabar@bu.edu.

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Abstract

The needs assessment and requirements engineering domains involve tasks that help us fully understand a project's motivation. The functions of this domain include exploring the problem or opportunity and recommending a possible solution and development approach to the problem. From a project perspective, this is a critical stage as we can understand the value a viable solution brings to the customer and identify an appropriate development approach. A business investing resources to develop a solution must be pragmatic about the product development approach. Our research paper presents a framework to aid decision-making within this context. It involves considering attributes such as delivery cadence, risk, degree of innovation, and requirements certainty. Knowledge of the impact of these attributes on project outcomes will help educate engineers to become successful entrepreneurs and product managers.

Kanabar, V. K. (2023, June), Needs Analysis and Requirements Delivery: Guiding the Development Approach with an Intuitive Framework Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43724

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