The first task described as part of the Requirements Analysis and Design Definition knowledge area is about analyzing the requirements information that the business analyst has elicited from stakeholders and then creating requirements and design artifacts of those results.

In this section, we will cover the purpose of this task and the different aspects of specifying and modeling requirements in the context of the task's core elements. You will also learn the difference between a requirement and a design and how to apply these terms in your role as a business analyst. 

Let's start by considering the purpose of this task.