Glossary term
What is Requirement?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Requirement" means: A need that the result must meet, written so that someone can check it. It is taught in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship. Related terms include Stakeholder, MoSCoW, Sponsor and Work breakdown structure (WBS). Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Requirement?
A need that the result must meet, written so that someone can check it.
Where is Requirement taught?
Requirement is defined in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship.
Which lessons cover Requirement?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 2.1: Requirements: Turn Wishes Into Needs You Can Check and Rank
Which terms are related to Requirement?
Next to Requirement in the course glossaries: Stakeholder, MoSCoW, Sponsor, Work breakdown structure (WBS), Project charter, Work package, Triple constraint and Acceptance criteria.
StakeholderMoSCoWSponsorWork breakdown structure (WBS)Project charterWork packageTriple constraintAcceptance criteria
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Requirement?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship: None. You do not need any project management experience.