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A clear alignment between RE activities and the strategic objectives of the organization should underscore the merit of IT investment and the opportunities for competitive advantage that can be pursued as a result by the organization. This research begins with a detailed investigation of the complexity of decision-making during RE activities on business, product and project levels. Secondly, it investigates \"in-project\" level RE decisions and provides empirical findings from an industrial case study. The findings show that RE project related decisions are influenced by business and product requirements. Although the software developers in this study recognized the importance of developing software products that meet customer requirements and that are aligned with business objectives, they found it difficult to achieve this when the customer was external and the communication was a major problem. 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