Stakeholder Requirements Gathering

Overview

Stakeholder Requirements Gathering runs at the start of any non-trivial analysis request, especially a vague one, when multiple stakeholders have a stake in the outcome, or when the result will drive an important decision.

What it covers

• Runs an intake interview to surface the business decision, the audience, what "done" looks like, and the real constraints.
• Classifies the decision as strategic, operational, or tactical to calibrate the required rigor and format.
• Documents the business question, success criteria, scope inclusions and exclusions, data sources, and timeline.
• Resolves any remaining ambiguity with techniques like 5-whys or MoSCoW prioritization.
• Gets explicit sign-off on the requirements before converting them into an authoritative analysis brief.

Part of Data Analytics Skills

This is one of 31 skills in the Data Analytics Skills library, in the Stakeholder Communication group.

Installation

1. Clone the repo once: git clone https://github.com/nimrodfisher/data-analytics-skills.git
2. Copy just this skill: cp -r data-analytics-skills/05-stakeholder-communication/stakeholder-requirements-gathering ~/.claude/skills/ (or ~/.agents/skills/ for Codex)
3. Ask your agent something like "help me scope this vague request before I start pulling data" and it activates on its own.

See the Data Analytics Skills entry for the full library.