Requirements capture: turning wishes into buildable requirements.
Requirements don't appear in a single day. They show up in daily work: a ticket here, a hallway chat there, a spreadsheet nobody maintains anymore. We turn that into a structured backlog: written up, prioritised, with acceptance criteria.
The discovery workshop is the one-day kick-off. Requirements capture is the ongoing service behind it. Bookable without a workshop, too.
How the capture runs
- Regular short sessions with the teams instead of one mammoth meeting
- Every requirement written as a user story: who needs what, and why
- Acceptance criteria per requirement: how you'll know it's done
- Prioritised by effort and value, with you, not for you
- Backlog maintenance: duplicates out, stale items out, new items in cleanly
Why a maintained backlog saves money
Unclear requirements are the most expensive line item in any software project. They get built twice, built wrong, or not at all. A cleanly written backlog is the insurance against that: any vendor, us included, can estimate and build reliably from it. And you keep control over what matters.
What you walk out with
Structured backlog
All requirements in one place, written as user stories, prioritised and current.
Acceptance criteria
Clearly defined per requirement when it counts as done. No arguments at sign-off.
Prioritisation logic
Documented and traceable why things rank where they do. New requests slot in immediately.
Handover-ready format
Tool-neutral and vendor-neutral. Works with Jira, GitHub, Excel or our system.
How this differs from discovery
Discovery is a workshop format: one intense day where the foundation is laid. Requirements capture is the ongoing service after it, or independent of it.
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