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observation comparison table

Subject done during take involve has definition have purpose is a kind of

requirements gathering A step in requirements analysis in which information is obtained that will form the basis of the requirements process

observation the development of large systems, with which potential users will be performing complex tasks, because observation, and analysing the resulting information, can consume a large amount of time a lot of time taking a notebook and 'shadowing' important potential users as they do their work, writing down everything they do, asking users to talk as they work and explain what they are doing, and perhaps videotaping the session so you can analyze it in more detail later to gather subtle information that stakeholders may not think of telling you requirements gathering

Subject	done during	take	involve	has definition	have purpose	is a kind of
requirements gathering				A step in requirements analysis in which information is obtained that will form the basis of the requirements		process
observation	the development of large systems, with which potential users will be performing complex tasks, because observation, and analysing the resulting information, can consume a large amount of time	a lot of time	taking a notebook and 'shadowing' important potential users as they do their work, writing down everything they do, asking users to talk as they work and explain what they are doing, and perhaps videotaping the session so you can analyze it in more detail later		to gather subtle information that stakeholders may not think of telling you	requirements gathering

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