QE Requirements Validation

Purpose

Guide the use of v3's requirements validation capabilities including acceptance criteria parsing, requirements traceability, BDD scenario generation, and coverage gap identification.

Activation

• When validating requirements
• When tracing requirements to tests
• When generating BDD scenarios
• When assessing requirements coverage
• When reviewing acceptance criteria

Quick Start

# Parse acceptance criteria
aqe requirements parse --source jira --project MYAPP

# Build traceability matrix
aqe requirements trace --requirements reqs/ --tests tests/

# Generate BDD scenarios
aqe requirements bdd --story US-123 --output features/

# Check requirements coverage
aqe requirements coverage --sprint current

Agent Workflow

// Requirements validation
Task("Validate acceptance criteria", `
  Review acceptance criteria for sprint stories:
  - Check SMART criteria (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Testable)
  - Identify ambiguous requirements
  - Flag missing edge cases
  - Suggest improvements
`, "qe-acceptance-criteria")

// Traceability matrix
Task("Build traceability", `
  Create requirements traceability matrix:
  - Map user stories to test cases
  - Identify untested requirements
  - Find orphan tests (no linked requirement)
  - Calculate coverage metrics
`, "qe-traceability-builder")

Requirements Operations

1. Acceptance Criteria Validation

await acceptanceCriteria.validate({
  source: {
    type: 'jira',
    project: 'MYAPP',
    stories: 'sprint=current'
  },
  validation: {
    specific: true,
    measurable: true,
    achievable: true,
    relevant: true,
    testable: true
  },
  output: {
    score: true,
    issues: true,
    suggestions: true
  }
});

2. Traceability Matrix