FR-01.01 — Account Registration
Trigger: A Company or Sales Representative submits a registration request/form.
System shall:
- Accept the required registration information.
- Validate the submitted information.
- Check whether the email address is already registered.
- Create a new user account in an unverified state.
- Generate a one-time verification code.
- Store credentials securely.
- Send the verification code to the user's registered email address.
- Prevent the user from receiving protected authenticated access until verification is completed.
State: REGISTRATION_STARTED → PENDING_VERIFICATION
Acceptance Criteria:
- PASS: Valid registration creates one unverified account.
- PASS: A verification code is sent to the registered email.
- PASS: An already registered email cannot create another account.
- PASS: Invalid or missing required information prevents registration.
- FAIL: An unverified user receives protected account access.
- FAIL: Credentials are stored in recoverable/plaintext form.