Criteria vs. Requirement

Criterianoun

plural of criterion

Criterianoun

A single criterion.

Requirementnoun

A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.

Requirementnoun

Something asked.

Requirementnoun

(engineering) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c)'' result in system failure.

Requirementnoun

The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

Requirementnoun

That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need.

Requirementnoun

required activity;

Requirementnoun

anything indispensable;

Requirementnoun

something that is required in advance;

Requirementnoun

a thing that is needed or wanted

Requirementnoun

a thing that is compulsory; a necessary condition

Requirement

In product development and process optimization, a requirement is a singular documented physical or functional need that a particular design, product or process aims to satisfy. It is commonly used in a formal sense in engineering design, including for example in systems engineering, software engineering, or enterprise engineering.