Software Requirements Specification : Group Number
Software Requirements Specification : Group Number
IT DEPARTMENT
1.1 Purpose
What is the purpose of this SRS and the (intended) audience for which it is written.
1.2 Scope
This subsection should:
(1) Identify the software product(s) to be produced by name; for example, Host DBMS,
Report Generator, etc
(2) Explain what the software product(s) will, and, if necessary, will not do
(3) Describe the application of the software being specified. As a portion of this, it should:
(a) Describe all relevant benefits, objectives, and goals as precisely as possible. For example,
to say that one goal is to provide effective reporting capabilities is not as good as saying
parameter-driven, user-definable reports with a 2 h turnaround and on-line entry of user
parameters.
(b) Be consistent with similar statements in higher-level specifications (for example, the
System Requirement Specification) , if they exist.What is the scope of this software product.
1.3 References
This subsection should:
(1) Provide a complete list of all documents referenced elsewhere in the SRS, or in a
separate, specified document.
(2) Identify each document by title, report number - if applicable - date, and publishing
organization.
(3) Specify the sources from which the references can be obtained.
This information may be provided by reference to an appendix or to another document.
1.4 Overview
This subsection should:
(1) Describe what the rest of the SRS contains
(2) Explain how the SRS is organized.
This section of the SRS should describe the general factors that affect 'the product and its
requirements. It should be made clear that this section does not state specific requirements; it
only makes those requirements easier to understand.
2.4 Constraints
This subsection of the SRS should provide a general description of any other items that will
limit the developer’s options for designing the system. (See the IEEE Guide to SRS for a
partial list of possible general constraints).
This subsection of the SRS should list each of the factors that affect the requirements stated in
the SRS. These factors are not design constraints on the software but are, rather, any changes to
them that can affect the requirements in the SRS. For example, an assumption might be that a
specific operating system will be available on the hardware designated for the software product.
If, in fact, the operating system is not available, the SRS would then have to change accordingly.
This will be the largest and most important section of the SRS. The customer requirements will
be embodied within Section 2, but this section will give the D-requirements that are used to
guide the project’s software design, implementation, and testing.
3. Specific Requirements
Each requirement in this section should be:
Correct
Traceable (both forward and backward to prior/future artifacts)
Unambiguous
Verifiable (i.e., testable)
Prioritized (with respect to importance and/or stability)
Complete
Consistent
Uniquely identifiable (usually via numbering like 3.4.5.6)
Attention should be paid to the carefuly organize the requirements presented in this section so
that they may easily accessed and understood. Furthermore, this SRS is not the software design
document, therefore one should avoid the tendency to over-constrain (and therefore design) the
software project within this SRS.