Requirement baselines and clarifications
Review proposed changes before a new planning baseline, and assign and resolve clarification questions (RQ03, RQ04).
Program originator · Research owner
/pdcc/acquisitions/requirements?screen=RQ03Requirement baseline (RQ03)
A baseline is the approved version of a requirement (e.g. REQ-026-014 v1.0). Proposed changes are reviewed against it before anything changes.
- Baseline
- The approved version.
- Proposed change
- e.g. *Delivery target scenario only*.
- Current target / Scenario target
- e.g. 60 vs 90 calendar days.
- Approval state
- e.g. *Baseline unchanged*.
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Compare
Review the proposed change next to the baseline.
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Keep baseline
Scenario stays a scenario; nothing changes.
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Or request formal revision
Routes through the configured program review and flags dependent work.
Clarifications (RQ04)
When something in the need is uncertain — e.g. *What workload defines a full inspection shift?* — assign a clarification question.
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Add clarification
Question, requested from, due date and affected requirement element (e.g. R1 runtime).
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Save clarification
The owner sees it in My Work.
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Answer
The owner responds; the answer creates a new need version and identifies affected findings.