Defining Requirements Management Process for Product Development Projects
Dehghani, Nemat (2019)
Dehghani, Nemat
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019060414640
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019060414640
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The objective of this thesis is to create a process for managing the requirements in product development projects in the R&D department of the case company. The case company is one of world’s leading companies in manufacturing business. As the content of study required to use multiple sources the case study research method have been selected for this thesis.
The first action after establishing the need to have a requirements management process was to investigate the current way of working. To identify the strengths and weaknesses of current way of working, many internal documents were reviewed and a number of inter-views with different stakeholders organized during the current state analysis.
Literature in the form of academic theses, professional journals and company case studies were reviewed to find the best way to tackle the weaknesses of the current way of doing work. The proposed process defined the type of requirements clearly and introduce the steps that need to be passed for requirements in the project. Defining the requirement from the very beginning to the last step which is validation the requirement. The roles and responsibilities are introduced for each step of the process to manage the workflow in the project.
The final outcome of this thesis is a requirements management process for the case company Research and Development (R&D) department which can help the project managers, stakeholders and design engineers to manage the requirements in an efficient way.
The first action after establishing the need to have a requirements management process was to investigate the current way of working. To identify the strengths and weaknesses of current way of working, many internal documents were reviewed and a number of inter-views with different stakeholders organized during the current state analysis.
Literature in the form of academic theses, professional journals and company case studies were reviewed to find the best way to tackle the weaknesses of the current way of doing work. The proposed process defined the type of requirements clearly and introduce the steps that need to be passed for requirements in the project. Defining the requirement from the very beginning to the last step which is validation the requirement. The roles and responsibilities are introduced for each step of the process to manage the workflow in the project.
The final outcome of this thesis is a requirements management process for the case company Research and Development (R&D) department which can help the project managers, stakeholders and design engineers to manage the requirements in an efficient way.