How develop a specification for a new software and/or App. We remember how to collaborate with stakeholders, define types of requirements and examine a structure of the IEEE SWEBOK SRS template.

1. DEFINING SOFTWARE/APP
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
Danil Dintsis
Ph. D., PMP®,
consult@Dintsis.org
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 Start-up consultant with successful portfolio
 Ph. D. (twice) in System Analysis and Technical management
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 Portfolio manager and IT consultant, and a trainer for 15+ years
with the following certifications:
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 EXIN accredited trainer for ITIL®, MOF®, Cloud computing, Operation
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4. MAIN SOURCES

5. SOFTWARE AND APP PROJECTS
ARE SPECIFIC
Distributed multi-cultural teams
Virtual teams
High-educated and
motivated staff
Mass clients Close
collaboration

6. STEP1. COLLECT AND BALANCE
STAKEHOLDER DEMANDS AND EXPECTATIONS
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NAME Position ROLE in a
PROJECT
CONTACTS DEMANDS EXPECTATIONS INFLUENCE RELATION to
a PROJECT
Mr. X CEO Sponsor Decrease
expenditures per
client
Innovation solution
from world known
vendor
Increase brand value
High Devoted to this
project

7. TOOLS TO COLLECT REQUIREMENTS
Laws, bylaws,
procedures
Focus groups,
Charts
Mission and vision
Brainstorming & Delphi

8. STEP 2. CLASSIFY AND BALANCE
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9. GENERAL TYPES OF REQUIREMENTS
 Product
 Development processes
 Operations and support

10. TYPES OF REQUIREMENTS II.
SWEBOK GUIDE V.3. PART I. CHAPTER 1.3.-4.
 Functional – concerns product and its functional abilities
 Non-functional – support and operation demands, organizational or
technical constraints
 Emergent – requirements which are fit not to a single product

11. PRODUCT AND PROCESS REQUIREMENTS
SWEBOK GUIDE V.3. PART I. CHAPTER 2
 Target customers
 Client (user) Use cases
 Competitors and your competitive advantages
 Description of main marketing channels

12. COMBINE WATERFALL AND ADAPTIVE DESIGN
©PMBOK® EXTENSION FOR SOFTWARE PROJECTS

13. ITERATION ATTRIBUTES©
PMBOK® EXTENSION FOR SOFTWARE PROJECTS

14. STEP 3. FIX REQUIREMENTS
IN A STRUCTURED DOCUMENT NAMED SRSНижний колонтитул
Example:
https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?cid=C891D0D484D25509&resid=c891d0d484d25509%21137&app
=Word

15. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION (SRS) CONTENT EXAMPLE
Нижний колонтитул
Table of Contents ii
Revision History ii
1. Introduction 1
1.1. Purpose 1
1.2. Project Scope and Product Features 1
1.3. References 1
2. Overall Description 1
2.1. Product Perspective 1
2.2. User Classes and Characteristics 1
2.3. Operating Environment 2
2.4. Design and Implementation Constraints 2
2.5. User Documentation 2
2.6. Assumptions and Dependencies 2
3. System Features 2
3.1. – 3… Detailed Functional requirements
4. External Interface Requirements 6
4.1. User Interfaces 6
4.2. Hardware Interfaces 7
4.3. Software Interfaces 7
4.4. Communications Interfaces 7
5. Other Nonfunctional Requirements 7
5.1. Performance Requirements 7
5.2. Safety Requirements 8
5.3. Security Requirements 8
5.4. Software Quality Attributes 8
Appendix A: Data Dictionary and Data Model 8
Appendix B: Analysis Models 12

16. BACKLOG DIAGRAMS FOR ADAPTIVE ITERATION

17. STEP4. RISK ANALYSIS
 Be honest!
 Risks may be both negative and positive
 Use SWOT
 Use templates closely connected to your tracking system

18. ADAPTIVE RISK CYCLE

19. SUMMARY
 Define stakeholders
 Gather requirements, expectations, constraints
 Classify and balance product requirements
 Structure requirements, constraints and assumptions in the SRS
 Define project model: waterfall and adaptive

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