The main idea of collecting requirements involves a staged process. Remember the following sequence:
- Gather requirements
- Ask questions by interview sessions (one to one; surveys or questionnaires; and focus groups)
- Categorize requirements
- Organize and document findings by creating categories for the project requirements
- Validate requirements
- Report the findings to the customer
After the requirements are collected, the project manager closes this loop by returning back to the original gathering requirements phase.
Communicate the business results by examining:
- Business case (what were the requirements?)
- Business results (what happened?)
- Change to the business (what is different now as a result of project completion?)