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## Plan:Certify backend team

The Plan:Certify backend team works on the backend part of GitLab's
[Certify category] in the [Plan stage].

For more details about the vision for this area of the product, see the
[Plan stage] page.

[Certify category]: /handbook/product/categories/#certify-group
[Plan stage]: /direction/plan/

### Team members

This team is currently shared between [Plan:Portfolio Management] and
Plan:Certify. See that page for details.

[Plan:Portfolio Management]: /handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan-portfolio-management-be/

### Stable counterparts

<%= stable_counterparts(role_regexp: /[,&] (Plan(?!:)|Plan:Certify)/, direct_manager_role: 'Engineering Manager, Plan:Portfolio Management & Plan:Certify') %>

### Team metrics dashboard 

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/shared_portfolio_certify_dashboard") %>

### Application performance dashboard

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/portfolio_certify_application_dashboard") %>

## Work

See the [Plan stage page] and the [Plan:Project Management backend team
page].

[Plan stage page]: /handbook/product/categories/plan/
[Plan:Project Management backend team page]: /handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan-project-management-be/

### Capacity Planning

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/capacity_planning") %>

#### Planning rotation

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/planning_rotation") %>

#### Historical Capacity

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/historical_capacity", locals: { chart_ids: [7693825, 7693879] }) %>

## Requirements Management

> It is often necessary to specify behaviors for a system or application.
> Requirements Management is a process by which these behaviors would be
> captured so that there is a clearly defined scope of work.

<cite>[Category Strategy - Requirements Management]</cite>

[Category Strategy - Requirements Management]: https://about.gitlab.com/direction/plan/requirements_management/

### Learning Resources

#### Customer Requests and Discussion

- Requirements Management & Quality Management Solution
([gitlab-org/gitlab#7024])
- Requirements Management: Approve And Baseline (include E-Signature)
([gitlab-org/gitlab#8461])

[gitlab-org/gitlab#7024]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/7024
[gitlab-org/gitlab#8461]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/8461

#### Short Form

- [Requirements Management](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Requirements_management) (Wikipedia)
- [Agile Requirements Documentation: Tips and Tricks for Modern Teams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVhMfdIGMFg) [36:52] by OCI
- [The Best Requirements Management Tools of 2019](https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/requirements-management-tools/) by Ben Aston
- [DO-178C - Traceability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DO-178C#Traceability) (Wikipedia)

#### Long Form

- [MIT OpenCourseware: Fundamentals of Systems Engineering (2015)](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-842-fundamentals-of-systems-engineering-fall-2015/),
  especially [2. Requirements Definition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_y2I09rj_I) [1:39:51].

## Useful Links

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/useful_links", locals: { board: { name: 'Plan:Portfolio Management & Certify Build Board', url: 'https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/boards/1569369?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name[]=devops%3A%3Aplan&not[label_name][]=group%3A%3Aproject%20management' }}) %>