Requirements management is the process by which changes to requirements are managed throughout the system lifecycle.
The activities, processes and change control techniques in order to ensure that requirements keep in step with the operational system. System changes must be reflected as requirements changes and vice-versa.
The activities or processes that assess, refine, and prioritize business needs to address the requirements of the changing business environment, to establish and maintain an up-to-date understanding between business needs and the development organizations regarding the requirements to be addressed by the delivered product.
systematic approach to eliciting, organizing and documenting the requirements of the system, and establishing and maintaining agreement between the customer and the project team on the changing requirements of the system. See: Concept: Requirements Management.
Establishes and controls the scope of system development efforts and facilitates a common understanding of system capabilities between the System Proponent, developers, and future users.
Addresses requirements that have an enterprise impact, including legislative statutes, business requirements, system requirements, design requirements, and test requirements.
Requirements management is the science and art of gathering and managing user, business, technical, functional requirements, and process requirements within a product development project. The project could be for a new consumer product, a web site, a system or a software application. In all these cases, the five classes of requirements should be represented.