Recognises a missing rationale for a non-obvious requirement
A requirement whose reason is not obvious — regulatory, contractual, or one that a stakeholder supplied as a solution — has no rationale. Nobody can later tell whether it can be dropped.
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What it looks like in practice
Expected result: The requirement and the rationale it needs
How it is assessed: Flags the deficient case and passes the acceptable one. Deficient: DR-010 "Retention of closed payment records is seven years." with no rationale Acceptable: rationale: "Statutory retention period for payment records; Legal, 2026-09-04."
Also known as: No rationale where one is needed (data requirement)
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Builds on
All 47 knobits of Capture data requirements.
Source: Review checklist 01-requirements, row 20; 29148 5.2.8 (rationale)