James A. Ward
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20 years 11 monthsJames A. Ward is a management consultant specializing in project management, PMO implementation, interim IT management, implementation of quality, and process improvement initiatives in IT organizations. He offers seminars and workshops in project management, quality improvement, requirements definition, risk management, and Microsoft Project.
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It Is Still The Requirements Why are information systems requirements so difficult to define? What causes the yawning chasm between documented requirements and the actual implemented system? Requirements definition is difficult for two major reasons. First, the customer may have only the vaguest idea of what an information system should look like prior to implementation and use. Second, system developers lack sufficient knowledge of the business functions a system must support. |