Creating System Requirements and Specifications

Well-formulated product requirements and functional specifications form the foundation for smooth project development. Good and clearly worded requirements descriptions save time-consuming coordination processes with customers, suppliers and one’s own team.

As a first step, the procurement and technical department drafts the requirements for the requirements specification documents. As a second step, the contractor accepts the requirements and supports his quotation with a complete technical specification document. Both documents must be formulated precisely and explicitly.

Proper design of requirements specification documents and technical specification documents and application of formulation rules are the objective of this seminar.

Contents

• Objectives and difference between requirements specification documents and  technical specification documents
  • Task
  • Application
  • Limits
  • Cooperation between requirements specification documents and  technical specification documents
• Requirement sources
• Requirements elicitation
• Recognize gaps and unclear items in plain language requirements
• Use of linguistic rules for clear and precise specifications
• Contents of requirements specification documents
• Contents of technical specification documents
• Evaluate quality of requirements specification documents and  technical specification documents
• Change process for requirements specification documents and technical specification documents

Target Group

Procurement, technical department, proposal managers, analysts, project leaders and technical authors

Prerequisite

none

Duration

1 day