Is a complete requirements walkthrough really necessary?

No matter how thorough and careful your team has been in capturing requirements, it's a pretty sure bet that they won't be perfect the first time. Mistakes, oversights, and misunderstandings are inevitable, and even minor oversights can be responsible for major delays or cost impacts. That's why it's highly advisable that you walk through your requirements documents with your key business and project team stakeholders, especially if they contain pages and pages of details. Reviewing these documents is important both for the sake of accuracy and to make sure everyone truly understands them. The odds of mistakes rise as the volume of requirements and the depth of their detail grows. Missed requirements account for a huge proportion of project overruns and project failures, so it's just smart business to seize every chance to minimize errors. However, how the walkthroughs are executed will have everything to do with their effectiveness—and therefore people's willingness to participate.…

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