Kano and Quality Requirements

August 8, 2008 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Quality Management, Requirements Management

Kano and Quality Requirements
By Craig Brown

Project requirements specifications identify what the project has to change. An understanding of the business processes and the business data with their related problems and opportunities, as well as environmental constraints and guides is required to fully understand requirements.

Requirements can also be categorised into classes along the lines of the Kano model:

  • Threshold / Basic attributes
  • One-dimensional attributes (Performance/Linear)
  • Attractive attributes (Exciters/Delighters)

All threshold requirements must be met, one-dimensional requirements should be weighed on cost-benefit assessments while attractive attributes should be included wherever possible, but are the ones usually washed out by time and cost considerations.

Craig Brown has worked as a project manager and business analyst mainly in the Australian ITC and the banking industries. He has also worked in the law, education and welfare industries, including starting a law firm. Craig now has a Master’s degree in project management from RMIT university, and is currently working with a Melbourne based IT consulting firm called OptimiseIT. Craig’s personal blog can be found at http://betterprojects.blogspot.com.

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