sharepoint fest chicago - shifting the paradigm of requirements gathering

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Are you tired of attending or leading the same old boring requirements- gathering sessions? Would you like to find a way to get stakeholders excited about requirements gathering? Then this session is for you! Find out how to use collaborative play to build better solution requirements for SharePoint projects (or any other project for that matter). You will learn fun ways to do work–seriously! Learn how to tap into true innovation and uncover hidden business requirements. What are you waiting for? Come to this session and learn how to put these tools into action! You will be able to: Introduce new and field-tested concepts for creating a clear and compelling vision for SharePoint Facilitate more effective requirements-gathering sessions Identify and avoid five problem patterns that plague many project teams Hit the ground running with new templates that you can use to facilitate your own innovation games Refine requirements down to measurable business value, and map to strategic business goals using the "rainbow" technique

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Shifting the Paradigmof Requirements Gathering

Michelle CaldwellAvanade

DIRECTOR & REGIONAL LEAD

Mary.m.caldwell@avanade.com @shellecaldwell shellecaldwell.com

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The Facts

11million daily

61.8meetings/month

50% unproductive

31hours wasted

The Effects

91%daydreaming

96% miss meetings

95% miss parts of

meetings

73% bring other work

to meetings

39% fall asleep

What if – you approached each problem as if it "involves redesigning the organization on the assumption that it was destroyed last night... “– Russell Ackoff

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Adaptation of “Silent Storm” technique

Wrap Up

•http://innovationgames.com/ - Innovation Games Website

•http://www.instituteofplay.org/about/context/why-games-learning/

•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation_game

•http://www.gogamestorm.com/

•http://www.21apps.com/

•http://www.soulsailorconsulting.com/

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DIRECTOR & REGIONAL LEAD

Michelle Caldwell

Mary.m.caldwell@avanade.com @shellecaldwell shellecaldwell.com

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