Requirements Collection Strategies

Assuming you just finished reading about the various requirements analyses, you might be thinking “Ok, all the analyses make sense, sounds like important information being identified, it sounds needed, but how do I get it done?” The short answer is “It depends are two factors, who is in possession of the requirements and who will use the requirements.” Who is in charge of making the types of decisions discussed in the analyses above? Is there more than one? As for who will use the requirements, will that be you and your team or are you contracting out?