Chapter Meeting

Robin E. Gibson, PMP

Requirements Tracking--Using a Matrix

About the Program:

One of the most common issues resulting in project dissatisfaction and failure is poor requirements definition. Requirements definition is a fundamental step in project planning. It is the phase where all the stakeholders who have any interest in the outcome of the project identify their wants and needs and establish the business need that drives them. This presentation will provide an insight into a tool that assists project managers in both sharing requirements with the stakeholders, in terms they can agree with, and tracking the requirements through the life of the project to demonstrate that the stakeholder really did get what they asked for.

Speaker Biography

Robin has been a member of Office of State Courts Administrator in Missouri Court Automation since its initial staffing in April 1995. Prior to that, Robin worked at Lockheed Martin Energy Systems (formerly Martin Marietta Energy Systems) at the Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory facilities. There she served as an Information Systems Design and Management specialist designing and implementing information systems that include a large medical records imaging project.

Since becoming a member of the Court Automation Project team she has participated in the procurement of the General Systems contractor, the selection of Missouri's statewide case management application and development of the strategic plan for the remaining five years of the project. She continues to research new technologies to complete the Project's vision and is participating in national efforts to develop XML standards for both the judicial industry and justice information sharing. Presently she in engaged in the development of an electronic case filing system, incorporating document and records management functionalities that will be integrated with the case management system.

Robin was certified as a PMP® in September 2001 and as a Missouri Project Manager in January 2002.