Extract info by probing/digging

• Lot more effort needed to elicit essential info

• Specific info is collected

–much better quality

face to face interaction. Generally one-to-one

Arranged when a project contains multiple stake holders.

• All stakeholders sit together in one room

generally spread over multiple days.

• Only requirements or requirements & solutions can be discussed and debated

A group of people sit together to discuss ideas or opinions or experiences.

• Participants are hand picked for this discussion which is facilitated by a host

• Objective is to use the knowledge/experience of the participants to get diverse set of ideas / opinions /experiences

Means creating sample working software for demo or just creating an image of how real application will look like

• Basic intention is to show something tangible to stakeholders and make them express themselves either to agree or disagree with our thought process

• can be very basic hand drawn images or sophisticated working software with usable features and logic created with the help of developers

Used to elicit information by viewing and understanding activities and their context.

• Can be – Active/Noticeable or Passive/Unnoticeable

Used to gather information from large audience with or without meeting them. Info can be gathered about customers, products, work practices, etc.

Used to identify why, what, where, when, how, and for whom information is exchanged between solution components or across solutions

Elicitation Categories:

• Direct involvement of stakeholders in discussion, sharing experiences and insights.

• Interviews, workshop, brainstorming, etc

Elicitation Categories:

•Done by BA with or without direct involvement of stakeholders.

• Survey, document analysis, etc.

Elicitation Categories:

Conducted to discover information which is not already known by stakeholders or BA

• Observation, Prototyping, etc. can be used