18 Questions
What is a common question an analyst can ask to encourage customers to acknowledge lower priority requirements?
What are the consequences of omitting this requirement?
What is the primary indicator of a successful prioritization process?
Agreement among stakeholders on priorities
Which prioritization technique involves stakeholders making binary decisions about requirements with respect to business objectives?
In or out method
What is the main flaw if all requirements end up with similar priority after a prioritization process?
Failure to prioritize effectively
Which question can help stakeholders determine the impact of postponing a requirement to a later release?
What would be the consequence of omitting this requirement?
What characterizes the 'In or out' method of requirement prioritization?
Making binary decisions about each requirement
What is the purpose of assigning a unique priority sequence number to each requirement?
To facilitate pairwise comparisons between requirements
Why is grouping requirements into small sets recommended?
To reduce the complexity of pairwise comparisons
What distinguishes high-priority requirements from medium-priority requirements?
The urgency for implementation
How does the three-level scale (high-medium-low) help in requirement prioritization?
By categorizing requirements based on importance and urgency
What makes pairwise comparisons challenging when dealing with a large number of requirements?
Complexity of the requirements themselves
Why should stakeholders agree on what each level means in the three-level scale?
To make the scale useful for assessing priority
Why is prioritization important in software development?
To manage competing demands for limited resources and deliver the most critical functionality early
What purpose does prioritization serve in the software development process?
To plan construction to provide maximum business value quickly at the lowest cost
In the context of requirement prioritization, what is the significance of 'MoSCoW'?
It is a technique to prioritize requirements based on 'Must-haves', 'Should-haves', 'Could-haves', and 'Won't-haves'
Who is responsible for prioritizing requirements according to the text?
The business analyst (BA)
When should prioritization of requirements start?
At the beginning of the project
What problem does prioritization aim to solve in software development?
Deal with competing demands for limited resources
Test your knowledge of software requirements prioritization techniques and concepts covered in Chapter 11 of 'Software Requirements' by Karl Wiegers and Joy Betty. This quiz covers setting requirement priorities, different prioritization techniques, and their importance in the software development process.
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