You are the business analyst for your organization. For the past several months you have been completing the business analysis duties for the solution stakeholders. You now have, you believe, the solution requirements identified and documented. What must you now do with the requirements before proceeding?

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D. Make certain the stakeholders understand the requirements before they approve the BABOK guidance holds that stakeholders must comprehend requirements before they can meaningfully approve them; approval without understanding produces uninformed sign-off that does not validate the requirements. The BA is responsible for communicating requirements in a way that is clear to each stakeholder group, then confirming comprehension prior to seeking approval. Proceeding without this step risks stakeholders approving a solution that does not meet their actual needs.

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A. Make certain the stakeholders can pay for the solution and have them sign off on the Funding and financial sign-off are concerns for the project sponsor and project manager, not a BA prerequisite before requirements approval.

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B. Present the solution to the project manager for his input. The project manager does not need to provide input on requirements before stakeholders approve them; requirements approval is a BA-led activity involving solution stakeholders.

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C. Get all of the stakeholders to sign off on the requirements. Obtaining signatures without confirming understanding is insufficient and violates the principle that approval must be informed - stakeholders may sign off on requirements they do not fully comprehend.

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