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EA Requirements Management

A structured approach to managing EA requirements through a central register and unified steps: adopt, track status, and study impact of change until closure.

In Brief

  • A continuous phase throughout the EA component development cycle.
  • Three steps: adopt requirements, track status, study impact of change.
  • A central register documenting each requirement with eight fields (code, text, source, domain, priority, status...).
  • Using a digital EA tool to digitize EA office work is recommended.

Requirements Management Steps

  1. Adopt EA requirements

    Document and adopt incoming requirements; assess the impact of each new requirement on the approved list and reprioritize based on dependencies, strategic priorities, and national compliance.

  2. Track requirement status

    Track requirements from creation to closure. Update status after each cycle phase, when a stakeholder changes a requirement, or when a new requirement affects priority.

  3. Study impact of change

    Assess the size of impact on cycle scope: minor impact (no change), moderate impact (rescope and reschedule), or major impact (stop the cycle and restart scope definition).

Inputs and Outputs

InputsOutputs
EA development cycle charterUpdated EA requirements
Incoming EA requirementsEA requirements status
EA governance procedure outputsImpact of change study
EA requirements repositoryRequirements list linked to target state, principles, and compliance status
Requirements management is a continuous phase that spans all stages of the development cycle. Success depends on ongoing communication with project managers and stakeholders, tracking all changes with clear reasoning, and linking requirements to the entity's EA governance procedures.
Expected outputs include: a requirements list linked to the target state, mapping of requirements to EA principles per domain, and compliance status (compliant, non-compliant, partial, not applicable). Using a digital tool for the central register is recommended.

Related topics

EA gap analysis

National methodology

Six domains

EA Requirements Management | NORA Guide | SAHM