Requirements lifecycle management

The requirements life cycle management knowledge area describes the tasks that are used to manage and maintain requirements and design information throughout the life cycle of the solution.

These tasks in the requirement life cycle management knowledge area are used to establish a relationship between related relationships and designs.

They are also used to assess changes to these requirements and designs when changes to these requirements are proposed.

The requirements life cycle management knowledge area is used to ensure that the business, stakeholder and solution requirements and designs are aligned with the solution that implements them.

It helps to control how the requirements are implemented in the delivered solution and makes the business analysis information available for future use.

The requirements life cycle begins with representing the business need as a requirement then it continues throughout the development of the solution and it ends with the solution and retirement of the requirements.

A life cycle are the various phases or stages that the requirements pass through as part of a change or solution.

The Requirements Life Cycle Management knowledge area has the following tasks which are:

a. Trace Requirements: This task is used to analyze and maintain the requirements, designs and solution components for impact, application and allocation.

b. Maintain Requirements: This task is used to ensure that the requirements and designs remain current and accurate throughout the life cycle of the solution.

c. Prioritize Requirements: This task assess the value, risks and urgency associated with requirements and designs to ensure that resources are allocated to the most important ones.

d. Assess Requirements Changes: This task assesses new and changing stakeholder requirements to decide if they need to be acted on within the scope of a change.

e. Approve Requirements: This task involves working with the stakeholders who are involved in the governance process to reach agreements on requirements and designs.