1. Definition – Take out the guesswork and clearly define your organizational goals by asking our precise list of questions.

2. Elicitation – Dig into identifying stakeholders, mapping stakeholders to organizational goals, identifying stakeholder representatives, identifying decision makers, eliciting & defining requirements, and identifying business rules.

3. Analysis – Look further into the requirements by following the steps to analyze and validate them.

4. Documentation – Get the specialty knowledge you’ve gained out of your head and onto the page through definition and documentation.

5. Verification – Confirm completeness of the requirements. If they’re not correct, move back to the appropriate place in the process.

6. Management – Learn the correct change control process.