The project sponsor needs to know which requirements will be implemented. Which of the following would be the most valuable for a business analyst to provide?

The requirements baseline is the formally approved set of requirements that the project team has committed to delivering. It serves as the definitive source for what is in scope for a particular release or for the project as a whole. Providing this document to the project sponsor directly and authoritatively answers the question of which requirements will be implemented. Any changes to this baseline must go through a formal change control process.

A. A requirements traceability matrix shows relationships between requirements and other artifacts but does not, by itself, represent the final, approved scope.
C. The requirements management plan describes the process for managing requirements; it does not list the actual requirements to be implemented.
D. A requirements impact analysis is a study conducted to evaluate the effects of a proposed change, not a document listing the full scope.

1. Project Management Institute. (2017). The PMI Guide to Business Analysis. Section 4.4.2.1, "Requirements Baseline," p. 122. Defines the baseline as the approved requirements that form the basis for project work.

2. Project Management Institute. (2015). Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide. Section 5.6, "Establish the Requirements Baseline," p. 80. States that the baseline is the agreed-upon requirements that will be used to manage the project execution.