Course Outline
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This is a half day course designed to provide participants with information on the key principles that need to be observed when writing good specifications. In addition, the course content will also include coverage of common mistakes made in specification writing.
It needs to be acknowledged up front that individual councils may have additional policy and procedural guidance on specification writing. This course is not designed to drill down to procedural and process level but rather to give an overview of the principles that would apply to specification writing in most organisations.
Short Course details
| Short Course Topics | |
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| Introduction to Specification | |
| What is specification? | |
| What is not included in a specification? | |
| Identifying Requirements | Before preparing a specification? |
| Identifying Customer Needs | |
| Identification of stakeholders | |
| Obtaining stakeholder input | |
| Expectation Management | |
| Writing the Specification? | |
| The structure of a specification | |
| TSpecification writing principles | |
| Define simple requirements simply | |
| Different Types of Specifications | |
| Technical; Functional; Performance | |
| Exemplar | |
| Common problems with Specifications | |
| Inappropriate Customisation | |
| Disregarding Performance Requirements | |
| Use of brand names | |
| Delivery | |
| Our instructor-led training course provides participants with an interactive session including group discussions, case study reviews and Question and Answer sessions. Our trainers can customise or tailor the course to your specifications or needs and deliver in-house providing you with a cost-effective and efficient training session. | |
| Duration & location | |
| This is a 90 minute awareness session and can be delivered in any metropolitan or regional area of Queensland. Customisation is available based on individual council requirements. | |
| Fees & Inclusions | |
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Upcoming Dates:
28 January 2025
Virtual Classroom (Inhouse available)
5 June 2025
Virtual Classroom (Inhouse available)
9 October 2025
Virtual Classroom (Inhouse available)