[Year 12 SofDev] SRS operating environment + standard SRS

[Philip Feain]

Hi Maggie and Mark

This is the issue I brought up with Paula on the VCE IT Day several weeks
ago, that we needed a "standard" SRS template to be suggested to us to
follow with our students. I guess this could be communicated to us through
one of the bulletins for next year.

I have looked at a lot of SRSs this year and agree with you. The fact that
we have to meet Key Skills, use the Assessment Handbook and give the task in
a realistic time frame are what influences the SRS and its structure as
well. How big or small should the task be or even how complex? There's no
guidance officially. That's why I have used a modified version of Claudia's.
It's a pretty good template and the students can follow it.

I guess it begs another question. How much detail is enough? This is
something I'm trying to grapple with. My students have just completed their
fourth period and it looks like they may need a sixth so they can just print
the report.

Cheers

Phil Feain
Head of IT
St. Kevin's College

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Margaret King Iaquinto <
iaquinto at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> Itchy question #2 about the itchy question: Is there such a thing as a
> *standard* SRS?
>
> Mark, I have visited so many websites and read several books on this topic
> and each SRS template looks different. And the wording is different too.
> Yes, there are common elements. But standard? Unsure.
>
> What do you think? What do others think?
>
> Maggie
> (ICT at St Leonard's)
>
>
>
> VK3CFI
>
> *On Thu Mar 24 9:23 , Mark KELLY sent:
>
> *
>
> A little itchy question. In the standard SRS template there is a section to
> describe the "operating environment".
>
> I'm assuming this is this meant to describe the *current* environment and
> should not include any upgrades or additions that the new system would
> require.  Such upgrades could only be determined during design, rather than
> during analysis.
>
> Is that how you good folk interpret the "Operating Environment" SRS
> section?
>
> --
> Mark Kelly
> Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
> McKinnon Secondary College
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