Surveying Stakeholders

Ask these questions of the stakeholders to determine the report requirements:

• What is the purpose of the report?

• Who will use the report?

• What does the intended audience want to see in the report?

• What information in the report will come directly from the database and what information needs to be calculated?

• What are the best business views to use?

• Which data fields and records should be included in the report?

• In what order should the data be presented?

• What is the most effective format in which to present the information?

• Which reports are used to produce this information now?

• Does a report already exist that could be copied and modified?

• Will a new version of an existing report meet the business needs?

• How frequently will the report be run?

• Does the report output need to be exported to another software package using Output Stream Access (OSA) or Comma Separated Values (CSV)?