You are the business analyst for your organization and preparing to complete the requirements elicitation activities. Your manager wants to know when the requirements elicitation process will be compl

The project schedule constrains resources allocated to elicitation but does not define when elicitation is functionally complete, since requirements can and do emerge outside scheduled windows.

Stakeholder willingness affects participation quality but is not the defining characteristic that determines the nature or duration of the elicitation process.

Project size influences the scope and complexity of elicitation but does not by itself determine when elicitation ends or characterize the process.

Elicitation is not a compartmentalized, one-time phase because new stakeholders, changing business conditions, and deeper analysis can surface additional requirements at any point. It overlaps with other BA activities such as analysis, design, and validation, making a hard end date artificial. The BABOK describes elicitation as ongoing and intertwined with the full requirements development process.