Guidelines/Tools and Techniques

The guidelines/tools and techniques used to approve requirements

• Approve Requirements – Uses Workshops, Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria, Reviews, Decision Analysis and Item Tracking techniques, to approve requirements.

• Requirements – Use the Change Strategy, Requirements Management Tools/Repository, the Solution Scope, Legal/Regulatory Information and the Governance Approach as guidelines and tools.

The relationships between these guidelines, tools, techniques and Requirements, are detailed in the BABOK under the Guidelines and Tools and Techniques sections of the Approve Requirements task.

Workers

The people involved with approving requirements.

The relationships between these roles and the task, are detailed in the BABOK under the Stakeholders section of Approve Requirements task.

Customer - Reviews and approves requirements and designs to ensure business needs are met.
Domain Subject Matter Expert - Reviews and approves requirements and designs to ensure designation of stakeholder roles and responsibilities.
End User - Involved with the approval, review, validation, and prioritization of requirements and designs.
Operational Support - Review and approve requirements and designs, to ensure compliance with technical standards and capability plans.
Project Manager - Manages project plans according to review and approval or requirements and designs.
Regulator - Provides opinions on the relationship between requirements and designs and regulations.
Sponsor - Reviews and approves all requirements and designs.
Tester -Reviews and approves requirements and designs for quality assurance standards.