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A project team is developing a new mobile application. During a review session, stakeholders express concern that the proposed solution does not adequately address their critical need for real-time data synchronization across multiple devices. This indicates a potential issue with which aspect of requirement quality?
- ATestability
- BFeasibility
- CCompleteness
- DClarity
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Correct answer: C. Completeness
Completeness refers to whether all necessary requirements have been captured and if the solution addresses all stakeholder needs. If a critical need is not addressed, the requirements are incomplete.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Testability means a requirement can be verified, which is different from it being present in the first place.
- B. Feasibility relates to whether a requirement can be implemented within project constraints, not whether it addresses a need.
- D. Clarity refers to the unambiguous understanding of a requirement, not whether it's missing entirely.
Requirement Quality: Completeness
A complete requirement includes all the information necessary for its implementation and ensures that all stakeholder needs are addressed by the solution.
- All necessary information is present.
- Addresses all stakeholder needs.
- Nothing critical is missing.
Memory trick: Great requirements are CLEAR, COMPLETE, and CONCISE.