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Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
Validate Requirements
7.3.2 Description
designs align to the business requirements and support the delivery of needed
value.
Requirements validation is an ongoing process to ensure that stakeholder,
solution, and transition requirements align to the business requirements and that
the designs satisfy the requirements.
7.3.3 Inputs
Understanding what the desired future state looks like for stakeholders after their
needs have been met is valuable to business analysts when validating
requirements. The overall goal of implementing the requirements is to achieve the
stakeholders' desired future state. In many cases, stakeholders have different,
conflicting needs and expectations that may be exposed through the validation
process.
• Requirements (specified and modelled): any types of requirements and
designs can be validated. Validation activities may begin before requirements
are completely verified. However, validation activities cannot be completed
before requirements are completely verified.
Figure 7.3.1: Validate Requirements Input/Output Diagram
Guidelines and Tools
Business Objectives
Future State Description
Potential Value
Input
7.1
Requirements
(specified and
modelled)
7.3
Validate Requirements
Output
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Solution Scope
7.3
Requirements
(validated)
Tasks Using This Output
7.5
Define Design
Options
8.1
Measure Solution
Performance
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