kravstilleren

Kravstilleren is a term used in some Nordic contexts to denote a professional responsible for defining, validating, and maintaining the set of project requirements. The term combines krav (requirements) and stilleren (one who positions or sets), and is often used as an alternative to roles like business analyst, requirements engineer, or product owner within agile and systems engineering processes. The exact duties can vary by organization, but typical responsibilities include eliciting stakeholder needs, documenting functional and non-functional requirements, and ensuring that requirements are clear, testable, and traceable from concept to delivery.

Key tasks include facilitating workshops and interviews, writing specifications or user stories, maintaining a requirements backlog, prioritizing needs based on value and risk, and defining acceptance criteria and test cases. The kravstilleren works to maintain alignment between business goals and the development effort, manages scope changes, and coordinates validation activities with QA and testing teams. In some contexts the role overlaps with or is performed by a business analyst, product owner, or systems engineer.

Skills commonly sought for kravstilleren include domain knowledge, elicitation and analysis, clear written communication, stakeholder management, and proficiency with requirements tools and backlog systems (for example Jira or Azure DevOps). The role emphasizes traceability, version control of requirements, and collaboration across product, design, development, and QA.

Notes: The term is not universally standardized and may be more common in certain Nordic organizations or translations of English roles rather than a formal job title in all companies.