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requirements

Requirements are an inventory of events, conditions, or functions that need to be satisfied and tracked by an application.

Requirements are described in various forms. Some are non-functional while others articulate specific business rules that must be satisfied. While requirements can be typed directly into the specification description itself, if requirements can be shared by multiple specifications, a best practice is to separate the requirements into individual ones and associate them with the related specifications.

You can view and update the requirements in your applications on the Application Profile landing page, Requirements tab ( > Application > Profile). You can also access this page from the Application Overview landing page.

Requirements are referenced in application rules, Specification rules, and flows.

See the PDN articles listed under the PRPC Topics >Implementation Methodology and DCO category for more information.

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