Mastering the Requirements Process, 4th Edition
by James Robertson, Suzanne Robertson, Adrian Reed
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Requirements Specification
If you are using stories for your requirements, then please skip to the next chapter. Here, we’ll start discussing the requirements repository with the conventional requirements specification. This requirements document has been with us for quite some time, but longevity does not mean feeble. The specification plays a vital part in solution development today.
The specification is typically a complete description of the solution to be built. It is generally made up of hundreds, perhaps thousands of functional and non-functional requirements. This document is also known as the software requirements specification, or SRS.
The specification is often criticized because it typically takes time to complete it. Some critics ...
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