During a requirements gathering workshop, several Business and Technical requirements were captured from the customer. Which requirement is…

In VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) architecture, requirements are categorized as Business or

Technical based on their focus. Technical requirements specify measurable system capabilities or

constraints, directly influencing design decisions for infrastructure components like compute,

storage, or networking. Business requirements, conversely, focus on organizational goals or

outcomes that IT supports. Option B, "The system must support 5,000 concurrent users," is a

technical requirement because it defines a specific system capacity metric (concurrent users), which

directly impacts scalability and resource allocation in VCF design, such as the sizing of workload

domains or NSX configurations. Option A, "Reduce system processing time for service requests by

25%," could be technical but is often a derivative of a business goal (efficiency), making it less

explicitly technical in this context. Options C and D, focusing on customer satisfaction and market

reach, are clearly business-oriented, tied to organizational outcomes rather than system

specifications.

Reference: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Architect Study Guide, Chapter 2: Requirements Gathering

and Analysis, Section on Classifying Requirements.