Verification of requirements for the simulation model of a production enterprise

Abstract

Developing variants of scenarios for a production enterprise's achieving a desirable fi nancial position using simulation modeling tools requires a specifi cation and verifi cation of requirements for the simulation model. Availability of such variants of scenarios allows stakeholders to select the most effi cient solution. The verifi cation is performed by business analysts and key stakeholders; the aim is to assess readiness of the requirements for fi nal approval and to check that the requirements provide all material information for future work. Verifi cation includes evaluating the requirements regarding their compliance with the company's business analysis standards, as well as assessment of the model's completeness and common terminology used for description of the requirements. Understanding the desired solution, which meets all the stakeholders' requirements, is the most important element in requirements verifi cation. For developing a simulation model, which is essential for determining variants of development scenarios and covers fi nancial fl ows of a typical production company, a list of verifi ed requirements is determined. Criteria of requirements verifi cation include not only acceptance criteria, but also the Graphical Requirements Analysis framework (GRA framework), that is used for verifi cation of functional requirements. In contrast with other notations, representation of requirements for using