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In CAPM-aligned business analysis, validation and verification serve distinct purposes. Validation asks, “Are we building the right thing?”—ensuring requirements and the resulting solution support business goals and stakeholder needs. Techniques include business case alignment, stakeholder reviews, prototyping feedback, and pilot evaluations. Verification asks, “Are we building the thing right?”—confirming deliverables meet documented requirements and acceptance criteria via inspections, tests, and traceability. Option A reverses the classic phrasing. Option B oversimplifies roles; both activities involve multiple stakeholders (e.g., testers, users, product owners). Option D mislabels methods; technical testing is part of verification, while workshops can support either activity depending on objective. Maintaining a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) supports both: upstream links to objectives aid validation; downstream links to design and tests aid verification. Using both perspectives reduces risk of building compliant but unused features or valuable concepts that fail quality thresholds, thereby improving outcomes and stakeholder satisfaction.