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Validating requirements for business value involves tracing each requirement to strategic business goals and customer value to ensure alignment. This process detects orphan requirements and confirms that acceptance criteria are in place to avoid misaligned work.

Orphan requirements are validated requirements that lack traceability to overarching business goals. You identify them by running an alignment check that automatically assesses future state alignment and flags requirements delivering no tangible business value.

Managing assumptions during iterative validation requires tracking assumptions alongside traceability across multiple validation cycles. This iterative process ensures requirements continuously deliver business value and remain aligned with strategic goals throughout project phases.

Requirements traceability checks are needed during project phases where verified requirements must be validated for value, alignment, and risk. Performing these checks ensures each requirement drives intended business outcomes and surfaces potential project risks early.

Yes, this validation approach supports a BABOK 7.3 workflow by enabling iterative checks on verified requirements and assumptions management. It ensures acceptance criteria are in place and validates that requirements deliver real business value.

The best way to ensure acceptance criteria are in place is to run a validation pass on verified requirements. This pass confirms business value, checks traceability to business goals, and surfaces risks for a complete 7.3 workflow.