Requirements Life Cycle Management is the knowledge area that describes the tasks that a business analyst performs to manage and maintain requirements from initiation right through to final implementation.
During this chapter, we discuss the detail of the following BABOK® v3 guide tasks: Trace Requirements, Maintain Requirements, Prioritize Requirements Assess Requirements Changes, and Approve Requirements. We'll be bringing them to life with practical real-world scenarios and examples. By the end of this chapter, you will have learned about the tasks that are involved during the process of managing and maintaining requirements through the life cycle of an initiative. The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- Purpose and context of this knowledge area
- Task: Trace Requirements
- Task: Maintain Requirements
- Task: Prioritize Requirements
- Task: Assess Requirements Changes
- Task: Approve Requirements
- Real-world case study
- Test your knowledge
Here is what you will be able to do by the end of this chapter:
- Understand the context of this BABOK® v3 guide knowledge area within a real-world scenario
- Understand and apply the Trace Requirements task to real-world scenarios
- Understand and apply the Maintain Requirements task to real-world scenarios
- Understand and apply the Prioritize Requirements task to real-world scenarios
- Understand and apply the Assess Requirements Changes task to real-world scenarios
- Understand and apply the Approve Requirements task to real-world scenarios