You are the business analyst for a large project that will create new software for the entire organization. This new software will affect all of the administrative assistants in the organization schedule meetings, reserve facilities, and share calendars. There are approximately 2,400administrative assistants in your organization and not all of these people can attend requirements gathering workshops. What approach can you use to manage and gather requirements from these 2,400 administrative assistants?
A) You can meet with a small group of administrative assistants that will serve as representatives for the remaining administrative assistants.
B) You will need to meet with all of the administrative assistants as part requirements elicitation.
C) You can meet with a small group of administrative assistants and assume their requirements are reflective of the remaining group of administrative assistants.
D) You can meet with the administrative assistants' managers.

Question

You are the business analyst for a large project that will create new software for the entire organization. This new software will affect all of the administrative assistants in the organization schedule meetings, reserve facilities, and share calendars. There are approximately 2,400administrative assistants in your organization and not all of these people can attend requirements gathering workshops. What approach can you use to manage and gather requirements from these 2,400 administrative assistants?
A) You can meet with a small group of administrative assistants that will serve as representatives for the remaining administrative assistants.  
B) You will need to meet with all of the administrative assistants as part requirements elicitation.
C) You can meet with a small group of administrative assistants and assume their requirements are reflective of the remaining group of administrative assistants.
D) You can meet with the administrative assistants' managers.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

When there are large groups of stakeholders, such as in this example, it's practical to find a group of stakeholders that can serve as representatives for the remainder of the stakeholders. Answer: B is incorrect. It's not feasible, as the question indicates, for this large group of administrative assistants to attend requirements gathering workshops. Answer: C is incorrect. You can't assume that one small group of the administrative assistants needs is truly indicative of the reminder of the administrative assistants. Answer: D is incorrect. The administrative assistants' managers likely don't know enough detail of how the administrative assistants currently do their work to speak on their behalf.

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