Session 04: Assessing Requirements

Hi there! Welcome to this session of the Vision Chart project where I am creating a chart to measure Cryptiquest’s progress toward completing its vision. In the last session, company objectives were analyzed to identify requirements. This session will focus on analyzing those requirements for capability thresholds. To begin, let’s look at the requirements for each objective.

{1} Objective 1.A.1: User expectation regarding the suite of tools working seamlessly together is met at least __% of the time.
Requirements:

1. Multiple Cryptiquest tools
2. Feedback collection method
3. Tool survey
4. Tool users

{2} Objective 1.A.2: User expectation regarding process guidance (from concept-to-launch) for each tool is met at least __% of the time.
Requirements:

1. At least one Cryptiquest tool
2. Feedback collection method
3. Tool survey
4. Tool users
5. Conceptualization functionality
6. Design functionality
7. Production functionality
8. Publication functionality

{3} Objective 1.A.3: User expectation regarding sharing and collaboration content for each tool is met at least __% of the time.
Requirements:

1. At least one Cryptiquest tool
2. Feedback collection method
3. Tool survey
4. Tool users
5. Sharing functionality
6. Collaboration functionality

{4} Objective 1.A.4: User expectation regarding ease of use for each tool is met at least __% of the time.
Requirements:

1. At least one Cryptiquest tool
2. Feedback collection method
3. Tool survey
4. Tool users

{5} Objective 1.A.5: User expectation regarding game engine format is met at least __% of the time.
{6} Objective 1.A.6: User expectation regarding game engine integration is met at least __% of the time.
Requirements:

1. At least one Cryptiquest tool
2. Feedback collection method
3. Tool survey
4. Tool users
5. Game engine

{7} Objective 1.B.1: Tools are translated to support at least __% of users, globally.
Requirements:

1. At least one Cryptiquest tool
2. Data Map of population, info access demographics (internet, mobile, etc.)
3. Map data about languages spoken

{8} Objective 1.B.2: Solutions are discovered to provide tool access to at least __% of communities, globally.
Requirements:

1. At least one Cryptiquest tool
2. Data Map of population, info access demographics (internet, mobile, etc.)
3. Map data about access to information

{9} Objective 1.B.3: Solutions are discovered to provide tool access to at least __% of regions, globally.
Requirements:

1. At least one Cryptiquest tool
2. Data Map of population, info access demographics (internet, mobile, etc.)
3. Map data about cultural/legal restrictions

{10} Objective 1.B.4: Solutions are discovered to provide tool access to at least __% of disenfranchised groups, globally.

1. At least one Cryptiquest tool
2. Data Map of population, info access demographics (internet, mobile, etc.)
3. Map data about disenfranchised groups

{11} Objective 2.A.1: Media reviews report % positive on inclusivity.
Requirements:

1. Media review process
2. Media survey
3. Media users
4. Guide to writing inclusive

{12} Objective 2.A.2 Media reviews report % positive on uniqueness.
{13} Objective 2.A.3 Media reviews report % positive on consistency.
{14} Objective 2.A.4 Media reviews report % positive on entertainment.
{15} Objective 2.A.5 Media reviews report % positive on quality.
{16} Objective 2.A.6 Media reviews report % positive on concision.

1. Media review process
2. Media survey
3. Media users

{17} Objective 3.A.1 Tools and media production follow project management standards.
Requirements:

1. Project management guide
2. Project success checklist

{18} Objective 3.A.2 Tools and media production use Cryptiquest tools (as they are available).
Requirements:

1. Project management guide
2. Project success checklist
3. At least one Cryptiquest tool

{19} Objective 3.A.3 Tools and media follow draft and version protocols.
Requirements:

1. Project management guide
2. Project success checklist
3. Draft and versioning protocols

{20} Objective 3.A.4 Tools and media follow branding and legal guidelines.
Requirements:

1. Project management guide
2. Project success checklist
3. Branding guidelines
4. Legal guidelines

{21} Objective 4.A.1 More than four brands are profitable.
Requirements:

1. More than four brands
2. System for calculating brand profitability

{22} Objective 4.A.2 Brands are popular among at least __% of creators, globally.
Requirements:

1. At least two brands
2. Data Map of population, info access demographics (internet, mobile, etc.)
3. Map data about brand popularity

{23} Objective 4.A.3 The brands span at least three different media types.
Requirements:

1. At least two brands
2. Products of more than three types of media

{24} Objective 5.A.1 At least __% of users/employees report that Cryptiquest is an honest company.
Requirements:

• System for reputation feedback collection
• Registered users
• Users

{25} Objective 5.A.2 At least __% of users/employees report that Cryptiquest treats its employees well.
{26} Objective 5.A.3 At least __% of users/employees consider employees of Cryptiquest to be industry experts.
Requirements:

• System for reputation feedback collection
• Registered users
• Users
• At least two employees

{27} Objective 5.A.4 At least __% of users/employees report having a meaningful relationship with Cryptiquest, its brands, or its products.
Requirements:

• System for reputation feedback collection
• Registered users
• Users
• At least two products

{28} Objective 5.A.5 At least __% of users/employees consider partners of Cryptiquest to be industry experts.
Requirements:

• System for reputation feedback collection
• Registered users
• Users
• At least two partners

{29} Objective 5.B.1 Third party reviews of the company are positive __% of the time.
Requirements:

1. Guide for determining reviewer reputability
2. Reviews

{30} Objective 6.A.1 Cryptiquest is returned on the first page of results __% of the time when users search for targeted keywords.
Requirements:

1. System for checking online presence
2. Guide for SEO
3. List of targeted keywords
4. Users

{31} Objective 6.B.1 Cryptiquest is present at __% of industry events, annually.

1. List of industry events

{32} Objective 6.B.2 At least __% of users who go to industry events report seeing us at industry events.

1. List of industry events
2. System for collecting feedback from our users who attended event
3. Registered Users
4. Users

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So now, what would be ideal is a list of the requirements with their associated objectives and prerequisites. This sounds like tabulated data but I do not want to use an HTML table for this. I will use a spreadsheet in Google Docs.

I’ve spent some time on this and wanted to report updates. I’ve listed each requirement, removed duplicates, referenced which objectives they addressed and then assessed what base capability meeting this requirement creates.

REQUIREMENT	OBJECTIVES	CAPABILITY
More than one tool	1	Create tool(s)
Tool User Feedback collection method	1 – 6	Create feedback collection method
Tool survey	1 – 6	Create survey
Tool users	1 – 6	Have users
At least one tool	2 – 10, 18	Create tool
Conceptualization functionality	2	Create tool
Design functionality	2	Create tool
Production functionality	2	Create tool
Publication functionality	2	Create tool
Sharing functionality	3	Create CMS
Collaboration functionality	3	Create Social Media platform
Game engine	5 – 6	Create Game engine
Data Map of population, info access demographics (internet, mobile, etc.)	7 – 10, 22	Create Data map; Obtain data
Map data about languages spoken	7	Obtain data
Map data about access to information	8	Obtain data
Map data about cultural/legal restrictions	9	Obtain data
Map data about disenfranchised groups	10	Obtain data
Media review process	11 – 12	Create media review process; Create feedback collection method
Media survey	11 – 12	Create survey
Media users	11 – 12	Have users
Guide to writing inclusive	11	Create guide; Obtain Data
Project management guide	17 – 20	Create guide; Obtain Data
Project success checklist	17 – 20	Create guide; Obtain Data
Draft and versioning protocols	19	Create guide; Obtain Data
Branding guidelines	20	Create guide; Obtain Data
Legal guidelines	20	Create guide; Obtain Data
More than four brands	21	Create brand
System for calculating brand profitability	21	Create profit calculating system
At least two brands	22 – 23	Create brand
Map data about brand popularity	22	Obtain data
Products of more than three types of media	23	Create media
System for reputation feedback collection	24 – 28	Create feedback collection method
Registered users	24 – 28, 32	Have users; Create system for registration
Users	24 – 28, 30, 32	Have users
At least two employees	25 – 26	Hire employees
At least two products	27	Have products
At least two partners	28	Contract partners
Guide for determining reviewer reputability	29	Create guide; Obtain Data
Reviews	29	Have reviews
System for checking online presence	30	Create system for checking onilne presence
Guide for SEO	30	Create guide; Obtain Data
List of targeted keywords	30	Create list; Obtain Data
List of industry events	31 – 32	Create list; Obtain Data
System for collecting feedback from our users who attended event	32	Create feedback collection method

Now I’ll draft the deliverables required for each of those capabilities…

This is now complete but some of the new capabilities need to be broken down and there are a lot of repeat capabilities. This feels like a Gantt charting tool might serve to draft, track and chart this easier – though no need for dates or time frames, just using each “task” as a capability…

Okay. So I did a test with the base and first round of capabilities in a Gantt charting tool and it was cumbersome and prone to mistakes. I’ll go back to the spreadsheet technique…

The next round of work breakdown structure revealed either base capabilities or capabilities that were already addressed so there is no further need for breaking down capabilities. Not sure all of this is easy to follow for you, the reader since I’m referring to things but not showing them but here is the final list of required capabilities:

ID	Capability
1	Create tool
2	Create feedback collection method
3	Create survey
4	Have users
5	Create CMS
6	Create Social Media platform
7	Create Game engine
8	Create Data map
9	Obtain data
10	Create media review process
11	Create guide
12	Create brand
13	Create profit calculating system
14	Create media
15	Create system for registration
16	Hire employees
17	Have products
18	Contract partners
19	Have reviews
20	Create system for checking onilne presence
21	Initiate Project
22	Design Solution
23	Playtest Solution
24	Write Instructions
25	Develop Tools
26	Check Objectives
27	Send to Reviewers
28	Test Tool
29	Publish to Depository
30	Announce Tool to Audiences
31	Create Retrospective
32	Design Game Engine
33	Develop Game Engine
34	Test Engine
35	Research Solution
36	Test Soluion
37	Seek Users
38	Assess Launch Protocols
39	Launch Protocols
40	Develop App
41	Have Engine
42	Test Solution
43	Write Survey
44	Implement into System
45	Have System for Survey
46	Have Income
47	Explore Story
48	Draft Outline
49	Draft Story
50	Edit Story
51	Refine Story
52	Finalize Media
53	Distribute Media
54	Annouce Media to Audience
55	Finalize Brand
56	Announce Brand to Audiences
57	Announce Guide to Audiences
58	Draft Theories
59	Write Copy
60	Have Media
61	Research Data
62	Implent into System
63	Have System for Data
64	Have Media or Guides or Tools
65	Develop Map Solution
66	Have Project Management Guidelines
67	Have Review Protocol
68	Have Test Protocol
69	Have Marketing Guide
70	Have Retrospective Guide
71	Have Research Guide
72	Have Project Management Guide
73	Have Launch Protocols
74	Have Story Writing Guide
75	Have Media Distribution Guide
76	Have Brand Finalization Guide
77	Have Project Need
78	Have Objectives
79	Label Target Audience
80	Have Project Goals and Objectives
81	Have Plan for Solution
82	Have Draft of Solution
83	Have Plan for Game Design Engine
84	Have Instruction Writing Capability
85	Have Game Development Capability
86	Have App Development Capability
87	Have created Game Engine
88	Have Survey Writing Capability
89	Have created system
90	Have Obtained Money
91	Have Story Writing Capability
92	Have Multimedia Capability
93	Have Theory Writing Capability
94	Have Copy Writing Capability
95	Have Reviewers
96	Have Testers
97	Have Audience
98	Have Depository
99	Have Audience Outlets
100	Have Completed Project
101	Have Distributed Media
102	Have distributed media, guide, or tools

This list needs to be cleaned up a bit and further assessed. I’ll do that as I tackle the next step which will be to identify to which capabilities Cryptiquest already has access. After that, there will be a step of path finding, specifically how to get to each objective through the capabilities. Finally, once that’s all set, movement along the pathways can be measured and displayed. That’s the plan for now, at any rate.

See you in the next session!

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Action Items

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