software requirements specification (SRS)
A software requirements specification (SRS) is a comprehensive description of the intended
purpose and environment for software under
development. The SRS fully describes what the software will do and how it will be expected to
perform.
An SRS minimizes the time and effort required by developers to achieve desired goals and also
minimizes the development cost. A good SRS defines how an application
will
interact with system hardware, other
programs and human users in a wide variety of real-world situations. Parameters such as operating
speed, response
time, availability, portability,
maintainability, footprint,
security and speed of recovery from adverse events are evaluated. Methods of defining an SRS are
described by the IEEE (Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) specification 830-1998.
This was last updated in February 2007
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