Duration
2 days / 16 hours
Access
Private / corporate
Delivery
Face-to-face
Sessions and enrolment
Check the provider's website for upcoming sessions and enrolment information.
Price
Price not published. Check with the provider.
Facilitator
Not identified in public sources checked

About this course

In this two-day course, students learn what concept exploration involves, why it is done and what products it produces. They identify stakeholders and their needs, goals, problems, limitations, issues, constraints and priorities; define the problem space; identify and compare alternative solutions; and select and justify a solution. The course also covers gathering customer views and buy-in throughout concept exploration, then developing concept requirements and a high-level concept of operations. ASE includes lectures and in-class exercises.

Facilitators

Facilitator not identified in public sources checked.

Learning outcomes

  • Determine the major stakeholders for a system that needs to be developed or upgraded.
  • Determine each stakeholder group's relevant needs, goals, problems, limitations, issues, constraints and priorities.
  • Identify alternative solutions that address the identified needs.
  • Assess the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative from each stakeholder group's point of view.
  • Compare alternatives by their multi-stakeholder value and drawbacks, including cost and benefit.
  • Select a solution with a relatively high benefit-to-cost ratio that respects constraints and fits the available time and funding.

Course outline

  1. 01

    Stakeholders and the problem space

    Stakeholder identification · Needs, goals, problems, limitations, issues, constraints and priorities · Problem-space definition

  2. 02

    Alternative solutions and value assessment

    Identify alternative solutions · Assess advantages and disadvantages from stakeholder perspectives · Compare value, drawbacks, cost and benefit · Select a feasible solution within constraints, schedule and funding

  3. 03

    Solution rationale and concept definition

    Substantiate and communicate the selected solution · Gather customer views and buy-in · Write top-level concept requirements · Develop a high-level concept of operations

Interactive activities

  • Lectures and classroom exercises.

Training areas