The document discusses requirements lifecycle in a distributed team. It defines requirements according to BABOK and categorizes them into business, stakeholder, solution, and transition requirements. It also discusses communication issues like lack of communication, over communication, and misunderstanding that can occur in distributed teams. It provides suggestions for how BAs can show their progress through daily meetings, online boards, and collaboration tools and how BAs can participate in agile rituals.

1. Requirements lifecycle in a distributed team
15 Nov, 2017
M. Popova

2. About me
 Senior Business Analyst in DataArt
 11 years in IT
 8+ years as BA
 Web, mobile, desktop and everything
what is needed by our customers
www.linkedin.com/in/mariya-popova

3. What we will discuss
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What is “requirements”
Work in distributed team
Communication issues
How to show your progress
BA in Agile rituals
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4. What is requirements
According to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK), a requirement is:
1. A condition or capability needed by a stakeholder to solve a problem or achieve an
objective.
2. A condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a solution or solution
component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification, or other formally imposed
documents.
3. A documented representation of a condition or capability as in (1) or (2).
Requirements in Wikipedia
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5. Type of requirements
The BABOK categorizes as follows:
1. Business Requirements
2. Stakeholder Requirements
3. Solution Requirements
Functional Requirements
Non-Functional Requirements
4. Transition Requirements
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6. When and what should be prepared
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7. Requirements lifecycle
(definition VS reality)
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8. 17 Global Locations
USA
United Kingdom
Switzerland
EU
Eastern Europe
Latin America
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9. Communication issues
Lack of communication
Over communication
Misunderstanding
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10. Lack of communication
BA vs Team
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11. Lack of communication. Team VS BA
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12. Over communication
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13. Misunderstanding
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14. What to do with all this stuff?
(official version)
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15. What to do with all this stuff?
(own experience )
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16. How to answer “What are you doing?” question
Daily meetings (with whole team, with leads etc.)
Plan with milestones (MS Excel, JIRA, Confluence,
MS Project etc.)
Online boards (Trello, JIRA, Confluence etc.)
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17. What everybody needs 
*Four Essential Requirements for a Project Collaboration Solution
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18. What everybody needs 
*Four Essential Requirements for a Project Collaboration Solution
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19. What I’m using (not a silver bullet)
Planning + general reporting
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20. What I’m using (not a silver bullet)
Requirements
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21. What I’m using (not a silver bullet)
Daily reporting
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22. BA in Agile Rituals (is BA a part of the team?)
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23. And what? 