A business analyst (BA) has been coordinating several meetings with stakeholders to reach consensus regarding the solution design to implement a global currency exchange system for an international…

Different stakeholders from different business units or roles bring unique priorities and mental models to the same requirements, causing each to interpret them differently. This divergence in interpretation - not a lack of communication skill or unclear authority - is the root cause of disagreement at the solution design level. The BA's communication competency cannot override the fundamentally different frameworks stakeholders apply to the same requirement text.

Incorrect tracing of requirements is a documentation or process issue, not a root cause of stakeholder disagreement during consensus meetings.

Approval authority was already established when stakeholders formally approved the business need, so unclear authority does not explain the current disagreement.

Generating more alternatives addresses a shortage of viable options, but the question indicates disagreement exists over the current design, not an absence of alternatives.