kravafklaring

Kravafklaring is a process in requirements engineering and project management that focuses on clarifying and validating stakeholder requirements to ensure a common understanding among project participants and to reduce ambiguity. The term is used in Scandinavian software development and consulting contexts, and is formed from krav (“requirement”) and avklaring (“clarification”). The concept is sometimes spelled kravafklaring or kravavklaring in variations of regional usage.

The goal is to produce a clear, testable set of requirements and acceptance criteria that can be traced through design, development, and testing. Typical activities include elicitation of initial requirements, identification of ambiguities, structured clarifying sessions (workshops or interviews), documentation of clarified requirements, and formal sign-off with stakeholders. The output is a clarified requirements document and an updated backlog or requirements catalogue.

The process emphasizes collaboration, shared vocabulary, and traceability from each requirement to design decisions and test cases. Kravafklaring supports regulatory and quality assurances by reducing late changes and by clarifying expected behavior before development begins. It often complements Agile backlog refinement and product discovery, but can also be applied in waterfall or hybrid projects.

Common challenges include time constraints, stakeholder availability, evolving business needs, and maintaining up-to-date documentation. See also: requirements engineering, scope management, backlog refinement.