Requirements Validation Workshop for a Government Permits Portal
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Convert the 12 main flows in the requirements document into concrete executable scenarios (think Gherkin: Given / When / Then) with realistic data (anonymized real permits). Walk 18 case-handlers through the scenarios in a structured 2-day workshop using a hybrid in-person + remote format. Capture every disagreement, missing flow, and misunderstood term in a defect log. Deliver: redlined requirements document, defect log with severity + agreed-fix, 2-day workshop facilitation kit, and a 5-page recommendation on integrating validation workshops earlier on future contracts.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Validate a signed 80-page requirements document against 18 real case-handlers using executable scenarios and produce an actionable defect log.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Convert prose requirements into executable scenarios that stakeholders can react to concretely
- Facilitate a hybrid 18-person workshop without losing the room
- Distinguish defects (the spec is wrong) from change requests (the spec is right but reality changed)
- Recommend process changes that catch defects pre-signature on the next contract
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
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Careers
Roles this prepares you for.
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Product Manager
PMs who can run validation workshops on signed-but-wrong requirements documents become the consultancy's go-to discovery lead — and a hot interview signal for any enterprise-software PM role.
This challenge sharpens
- requirements-validation
- executable-scenarios
- facilitation