"It is critical to remember that the scope of the project must be carefully managed throughout the process or you are almost guaranteed to miss your budgetary and timeline constraints."<p>Sorry, this is just boring drivel.
Steve Yegge has a different view -- "Business Requirements Are Bullshit" (<a href="http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/08/business-requirements-are-bullshit.html" rel="nofollow">http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/08/business-requirement...</a>)