What do the letters in the MoSCoW method stand for?

• A. Must, Should, Could, Will
• B. Must have, Should have, Could have, Won't have.
• C. Must have, Should have, Could use, Won’t
• D. Mandatory, Should not, Could, Would

Answer: (B)

MoSCoW is a prioritization framework that groups requirements into four levels to guide what must be built, what would be nice to have, and what can be left out for a given release. The four categories are: essential items that must be delivered for the project to be viable; important items that should be included if possible but aren’t strictly required for launch; optional enhancements that could be added if time and resources allow; and agreed-out-of-scope items that will not be included in the current scope. This exact labeling—Must have, Should have, Could have, Won't have—maps directly to those categories, which is why that option is the correct one. Other phrasings use terms that aren’t standard MoSCoW categories, so they don’t fit the method’s established naming.