Your Program Manager sent you a text message requesting you stop by his office as soon as you get a chance to discuss how things are going at HSS. You are feeling anxious about this sudden request because you already have a status meeting scheduled with him the day after tomorrow. Nonetheless, you cancel your dental appointment that afternoon so you can run-up to his office. He explains to you the undersecretary mentioned to him during a video conference that a couple of her agency directors expressed concern about you and your team spending so much time socializing and analyzing, and do not appear to be getting much work done. You explain to your Program Manager you and your team have been working on stakeholder and organizational analysis aimed at producing a gap analysis to support the development of the requirements management plan.

QUESTIONS/TOPICS FOR YOUR POST:In a few paragraphs respond to the following questions:

• On the Discussion Board, explain why the stakeholder and organizational analysis are so important to developing a gap analysis, and how the gap analysis supports the development of a requirements management plan.