The IAG Requirements Maturity Model Characteristics Table. Characteristics of each capability by level. By process, techniques, business analysis competency, requirements software, and organizational support.

1. Practices & Staff
Process Deliverables Technology Organization
Techniques Competency
No knowledge of
0 Requirement Technology is not Organization does
No defined fundamental
No defined documents are considered or not see need to
practices & concepts and skills
process not a standard used in capturing support business
Incomplete techniques for requirements
deliverable business needs analysis practice
delivery
Standard generic
Informal/ Have a fundamental
1 Informal, non- desktop tools. Limited Support.
inconsistent Informal & knowledge of most
standardized No planned Undefined Roles.
definition and Inconsistent use core concepts &
Performed documentation approach to tool Little Training
execution skills
usage
Templates,
Requirement Organization has
guidelines,
2 Best practices automation delegated support of
Defined activities standards Good knowledge of
used. Guidelines software tools business analysis
performed on defined. Not all concepts and key
defined but not provided. best practices and
Defined many projects mandated. BA skills
mandated Inconsistent staff development to
Used on most
usage an individual or team
projects
Use of standard
Standards deliverables
Requirements
3 implemented and Standards mandatory. A formal
management Good demonstrated
followed on implemented Quality Requirements/BA
software ability in required
majority of used on majority standards well organization
Implemented implemented and competencies
projects. Detailed of projects defined. Used established
mandatory
task definition on majority of
projects
Required
management Metrics are applied
Meets
software against the center of
expectations on
Universally Measurements of integrated with support for Business
4 virtually all Solid knowledge,
applied. compliance, and project Analysis.
projects. skills, and ability.
Integrated with effectiveness are management and Organization
Institutionalized Integrated with consistently applied
PMLC/SDLC applied regularly application life measures
PM/SDLC. Fully
cycle effectiveness of
automated
management training
software
Updates
Process definition Defined practices
performed to
is updated based & techniques Requirements/BA
incorporate Enhancements
on metrics, updated based on organization is
5 industry best implemented.
changes to metrics, changes continually improved. Advanced Level of
practice Usage
corporate to corporate External audits Proficiency
Optimizing innovations and continuously
strategy, and strategy, and applied to validate
updates in improved
industry industry measurements
enterprise
innovations innovations
strategy
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