Requirement - Identify or become aware of requirement and select the correct means and approach to investigate and define it

Reasons - Understand the reasons, determine underlying causes, that  initiated them and select the "reason category"

Define - Defines the nature, extent, significance and the implications of the requirement and selects the "requirement type"

Justify - Determines validity, desirability and viability  of the requirement and approves or rejects it

Decision - Anticipates effects and consequences of meeting or not meeting and selects the correct decision type and course of action

Requirement

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• Requirement - provides the means to identify and define the requirement, understand the underlying reasons, cause and effect, approve or reject the requirement and decide the best course of action.  A seemingly complex requirement can be simplified, understood and meet by separating it into its basic types

  • Definition - an understanding of the nature and implications of the requirement enables us to determine validity, desirability and viability of the  potential options / alternatives, anticipate the effects and consequences of meeting or rejecting them and enables us to make sound justifiable decisions

  • Reason category - selecting the correct category provides purpose, direction and the priority

  • Requirement type - selecting the correct type determines which level (s) the requirement will take in the Requirements / Planning Structure.  The level determines actions to be taken and preceding and succeeding dependencies

• The term "requirement" is a general term that applies to the Requirement Module and also to specific corporate or private requirements.  The term  "need" has been avoided as it is only one of five "requirement types"

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