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New Post 11/2/2013 11:03 AM
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Categorisation of non-software project requirements 

Hi All,

I am currently working on my first none-software related project where we are looking to move one of our offices to another location. I have picked up the project mid way through after a contractor had collected some "high level" requirements from business areas. It is now down to me to categorise and filter the requirements prior to sign off. The problem I have is that I feel that these high level requirements don't seems as though they should fit in to the usual general/functional/non-functional buckets due to not actually delivering anything software related.

I have a number of requirements related to communication to employees and vendors about the changes and update of documentation with addresses etc. I also have requirements related to legal matters, moving hardware, removing access for certain staff from old software, migration of paperwork and moving of physical furniture. Should I be going down the typical route of general/functional/non-functional and their related sub categories? It is hard to picture how these should be set out, its almost as if I want to jump straight in to sub categorisation such as security & access, legal, constraints, security and create some further categories for communication etc.

Any advice on how I should tackle this and any experiences of working on non-IT delivery projects?

 
New Post 11/9/2013 7:36 PM
User is offline Chris Adams
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Re: Categorisation of non-software project requirements 

I think you answered your own question.  Why would you force requirements into categories that don't make sense?

What categorize at all?  What's the purpose?  To organize a large number of items for easier consumption, correct?  So use the categories you mentioned such as Security, Legal,  Communication, etc.


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New Post 11/13/2013 7:56 AM
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Re: Categorisation of non-software project requirements 

You might also think of other ways of categorization rather than just type of requirement.  Maybe separate them by responsibility (i.e. things to be done in-house, things to be done by 3rd parties)?  Or by timeframe of delivery (i.e. things to do week 1, week 2, week 3, etc.)?

 
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