Requirements Spec

[YourProject] Requirements Specification

Version 1.0

February 25, 2008

Use this Requirements Specification template to document the requirements for your product or service, including priority and approval. Tailor the specification to suit your project, organizing the applicable sections in a way that works best, and use the checklist to record the decisions about what is applicable and what isn't.

The format of the requirements depends on what works best for your project.

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Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary 3

1.1 Project Overview 3

1.2 Purpose and Scope of this Specification 3

2. Product/Service Description 3

2.1 Product Context 3

2.2 User Characteristics 3

2.3 Assumptions 3

2.4 Constraints 3

2.5 Dependencies 4

3. Requirements 4

3.1 Functional Requirements 5

3.2 User Interface Requirements 5

3.3 Usability 5

3.4 Performance 6

3.4.1 Capacity 6

3.4.2 Availability 6

3.4.3 Latency 6

3.5 Manageability/Maintainability 6

3.5.1 Monitoring 6

3.5.2 Maintenance 6

3.5.3 Operations 6

3.6 System Interface/Integration 7

3.6.1 Network and Hardware Interfaces 7

3.6.2 Systems Interfaces 7

3.7 Security 8

3.7.1 Protection 8

3.7.2 Authorization and Authentication 8

3.8 Data Management 8

3.9 Standards Compliance 8

3.10 Portability 8

4. User Scenarios/Use Cases 9

5. Deleted or Deferred Requirements 9

6. Requirements Confirmation/Stakeholder sign-off 10

APPENDIX 11

Appendix A. Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations 11

Appendix B. References 11

Appendix C. Requirements Traceability Matrix 11

Appendix D. Organizing the Requirements 13

Executive Summary

1 Project Overview

Describe this...