Software Requirements Specification for Smith Consulting

Software Requirements Specification

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Smith Consulting

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 1
1.1 Purpose 1
1.2 Glossary 1
1.3 Intended Audience and Reading Suggestions 1
1.4 Project Scope 1
1.5 References 1
2. Overall Description 2
2.1 Product Perspective 2
2.2 Product Features 2
2.3 Operating Environment 3
2.4 Design and Implementation Constraints 3
2.5 User Documentation 3
2.6 Assumptions and Dependencies 3
3. System Features 3
3.1 GUI 3
3.2 Back-end Application 4
3.3 Database 5
4. External Interface Requirements 5
4.1 User Interfaces 5
4.2 Hardware Interfaces 5
4.3 Software Interfaces 6
4.4 Communications Interfaces 6
5. Other Nonfunctional Requirements 6
5.1 Performance Requirements 6
5.2 Safety Requirements 6
5.3 Security Requirements 6
5.4 Software Quality Attributes 6
5.5 Appendix 7
SDLC 10
        The best practice in software development is to make certain that testers possess sophisticated technical skills. According to University of Phoenix Overview of Software Testing: Testing Across the Entire Software Development Life Cycle (2004), the major professions testers must be picked from includes software developers, database developers, network developers, and system administrators. The rEsource further maintains that the absence of such a range of technical skills will prevent a senior level software tester from properly designing or executing testing plans deemed necessary for e-business applications. 11
Software Testing Process           11
        Project management is considered a success not just because a code has been successfully tested and approved for release. In fact a successful code can stay that way even after it had been sold or distributed for mass production. The success of software can be determined if it has the following characteristics: Deployment, Software Training and Support, Maintenance, Bug and Tracking System. Providing Software training for clients should be... [continues]

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