Have you ever thought, before you went buying a kitchen what your requirements really were? You need to prepare a lunch and dinner, eat maybe, drink a glass of wine after you have come back from work. The kitchen could be a place in which you share different activities. Now, how do you explain this to the kitchen supplier?

Requirements are part of information management. In information management you have the so-called demand-side and supply-side. This separation is established because of the similarities with architecture. The architect operates on behalf of the sponsors' demand. Before building a house or a shopping mall the architect defines the requirements. After they are visualized and when the project is agreed on, the construction can start. This is normally not the same party but someone from "supply". The provider.

In information management this comparison between demand and supply is more difficult and grey rather than black and white. What is the same is the fact that when implementing a new system, a new business (development) or even a new partnership, you should think about