Once the requirements are gathered, they are validated by the business users/client. It is only after the approval of the business users, the requirements are considered as to be completed. Additionally, it should be validated that:

☛ They are elicited from all the stakeholders from all they key stakeholders of the project.

☛ They align with the project’s business case.

☛ When they could be done with the resources available i.e. attainable.

☛ When the stakeholders of the project are in consensus with the elicited requirements.

All the requirements which pass the above four criteria, they are considered to be as formal and final. These requirements re then documented and become a part of the project scope.