The connected requirements approach ensures that the goals of the business and the needs of the customer are prioritized into requirements that remain persistent during the entire application development lifecycle - from planning through deployment. It serves as the framework for the use of products and technologies that allow you to optimize team performance, align the development process with your organization's business goals, and meet auditing and regulatory compliance requirements.
No matter what product, application or project you undertake, requirements drive the development process. By taking a connected requirements approach to the development lifecycle, you significantly strengthen the requirements management process. Connected requirements allows you to unify the requirements definition process, and integrate requirements management with the products and techniques you need to deliver applications that are on time, within budget, and error free.
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