[Year 12 SofDev] Non-Functional requirements - SRS

[Claudia Graham]

Mark, each question brings more questions but am enjoying the discussion.

Yes probably I would like to see them as objectives.. but does that then mean the 'purpose of the solution' should /could be written as a list of goals..  because you really can't have objectives without linking them to some set of goals.

From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Non-Functional requirements - SRS

Both functional and non-functional specs could be made specific enough to qualify as objectives. Instead of "fast" you could specify "Fast enough to process a day's worth of invoices in 10 minutes".

Maybe I misinterpreted you.  Were you wondering whether SRS statements should be formulated as objectives rather than goals?
On 3 March 2011 11:04, Claudia Graham <claudia.graham at overnewton.vic.edu.au<mailto:claudia.graham at overnewton.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
Good distinction Mark, however objectives are measurable and should be written in a way that allows them to be 'measured' during evaluation.

So for me 'Fast' is a little like writing 'efficient' doesn't say much. However if it was 'the system (solution) shall update totals at least every 20 secs in a designated area of the totals form' this is more informative but am I expecting too much..

Claudia

From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au<mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au> [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au<mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au>] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
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Hi Claudia. I think of nonfunctional requirements as if they were adjectives, e.g. the software must be: fast, reliable, accurate, secure.

The functional requirements I treat as verbs, e.g. it should be able to do: process, sort, print, calculate, display, store, search.

In a way both of them are objectives in that the developers want to achieve them.

On 3 March 2011 10:10, Claudia Graham <claudia.graham at overnewton.vic.edu.au<mailto:claudia.graham at overnewton.vic.edu.au>> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Found this good article on non-functional requirements.
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> http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2010/02/nonfunctional-requirements-how.html
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> It reads a lot like 'objectives' is anyone else sort of thinking along that
> line when students identify them in SRS?
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> Regards
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> Claudia
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