Requirements Deliverables and Scope of Contribution
I.
Diagrams, Flow Charts, and Presentations as Legitimate Deliverables
- A.Representing and communicating a requirement is not always best done in prose.
- B.Depending on the capture, the right deliverable might take one of several forms:
- C.A written requirements note
- D.A diagram or flow chart showing how a process actually works step by step
- E.Presentation slides summarizing findings for stakeholders or team leadership
- F.An OFA 1 should treat diagrams, charts, and presentations as legitimate requirements deliverables, not as optional extras layered on top of "real" wewritten documentation.
- G.A simple swimlane diagram showing who does what, and when, can communicate a process more precisely than a paragraph describing the same handoffs in words.
- H.A short slide summarizing what was learned during discovery is often the single most useful artifact for a stakeholder update.
II.
Contributing to Visual and Presented Deliverables
An OFA 1 contributes to these visual and presented deliverables the same way they contribute to a written requirement:
- A.Drafting a first attempt at a flow chart or a set of summary slides under guidance
- B.Refining it based on a senior OFA's feedback
The underlying discipline·separating need from solution, writing or drawing clearly enough that someone unfamiliar with the conversation can follow it - is the same regardless of the format the deliverable takes.
III.
Scope of Contribution at OFA 1
At OFA 1, the learner contributes to requirements documentation someone else is accountable for:
- A.Drafting
- B.Note-taking
- C.Asking clarifying questions under guidance
- D.This is the full scope of the requirements behavior expected at this level.
- E.It uses the same underlying skill·separating need from solution, and writing clearly — that later, larger responsibilities are built on.
A.
Looking Ahead to OFA 2
Independent facilitation of requirements discussions, and ownership of the resulting documentation for a defined workstream, is the corresponding OFA 2 behavior built on this same foundation.
IV.
Common Beginner Mistakes
- A.Recording a stakeholder's proposed solution as if it were the requirement itself.
- B.Leaving vague language in a requirement rather than asking a follow-up question.
- C.Assuming silence means agreement, not confirming understanding explicitly.
- D.Failing to note who said what, making it hard to follow up on ambiguous points.