CAPM Practice: Validate requirements through product delivery

Stakeholder sign-off is a formal validation checkpoint — the stakeholder explicitly confirms that delivered work meets their requirements and acceptance criteria. It establishes mutual agreement and accountability before moving forward or releasing to production.

**Why not A:** Developer certification of code quality standards is a technical quality assurance activity, not stakeholder sign-off. Stakeholder sign-off is a business validation that the delivered solution meets business requirements and acceptance criteria, not a code quality assessment.

**Why not B:** Approval to close the project budget is a financial and administrative action, not requirements validation. Stakeholder sign-off specifically confirms that the delivered work meets requirements and acceptance criteria before the solution moves to production.

**Why not D:** Legal release of liability is a contractual matter, not requirements validation. Stakeholder sign-off is about formally confirming that the solution meets business needs and acceptance criteria, establishing mutual agreement on the quality of delivered work.