summary of requirements
Representatives from DecisionWorks Consultants, Inc. visited Rensselaer for a 10-day period from September 10th to September 19th, 2001 to perform a business requirements analysis that involved interviews with 49 Rensselaer staff members. Upon completion of the on-campus interview process, DecisionWorks provided a summary of high-level business requirements, as presented below.
analytical environment for decision support
Portfolio managers across the Institute are interested in better leveraging data in support of the Rensselaer Plan. Portfolio managers envision an analytic environment that will improve their ability to support the new planning environment and enable them to meet Cabinet members' expectations by supporting their decision-making processes with appropriate data.
Regardless of functional organization, the high-level business requirements focus on improved, direct access to more detailed, more consistent, and more integrated information. Users are especially interested in integrated data spanning Rensselaer's student relationships, grants, and financial processes.
requirements analysis deliverables
project framework
analysis interviews
summary of requirements
prioritization of deliverables
project success criteria
documents
DecisionWorks Findings document
more documents....
analytical requirements and themes
A number of analytical requirements and themes were identified during the on-campus interview process, as shown in the left-hand column of the following diagram. Campus constituencies are shown across the top.
An X indicates that the given constituency has relevant requirements involving the given business process (e.g. the Registrar has Enrollment Analysis requirements). Further, a shaded X indicates key business needs.
For more information, refer to the DecisionWorks Findings document, written and provided by DecisionWorks Consulting.
