Source identity:

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  id: resource.ibm-requirements-management

IBM Requirements Management

Source

• URL: https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/what-is-requirements-management
• Accessed: 2026-05-12

Summary

IBM describes requirements management as the practice of defining, analyzing, prioritizing, approving, tracing, validating, and revising requirements. It distinguishes business requirements, user or stakeholder requirements, and system requirements, and stresses traceability from requirements to work items, design, and tests.

Relevant Findings

• Requirements should capture expectations, metrics, and business needs.
• Functional requirements must be measurable and tied to user expectations.
• Requirements work includes prioritization, approval, traceability, validation, verification, and change management.
• Poorly defined requirements increase scope creep, delays, cost overruns, and quality risk.

HELIX Usage

This resource informs the PRD artifact’s quality bar for measurable, prioritized requirements and traceability into feature specs, designs, tests, and implementation work.

Authority Boundary

This resource supports requirements discipline. It does not replace HELIX’s artifact-specific ownership boundaries or DDx tracker execution semantics.