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Hushing Butterflies When Making the Dreaded First Impression Are you afraid of a client’s skepticism towards you when you first approach them? Do you get butterflies in your stomach wondering what would be a good way to start a dialogue? This white paper explores some basic steps you can take during your first meeting or phone call that will help you create a successful first impression — which will in turn lead to a healthy relationship. This white paper also highlights the importance of effective communication and lists 7 actionable steps anyone can implement easily in their client management style.

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A Project Manager’s Perspective: the Importance of Early & Thorough Requirements Capture The aim of this paper is to share a project managerial perspective on requirements capture. This paper proposes a requirements life cycle (framework) for better requirements ownership and management throughout a project. It highlights the iterative nature of requirements, calls out some of the basic misconceptions and suggests areas for risk identification (as related to requirements).

The key takeaways are driven home through a simple yet effective pasta salad illustration. The paper also includes some effective tools you can use instantly: 7 criteria for a high quality requirement, checklist of 7 potential sources of risk within requirements, a sample requirements traceability matrix and 7 simple lessons for better requirements capture and management.

The Importance of Early and Thorough Requirements Capture

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