Checklist for Requirements Reviews

Checklist for Requirements Reviews

Never say 'No', never say 'I cannot' for you are infinite. All the power is within you. You can do anything.
~Swami Vivekananda

Organization and Completeness

  • Are all internal cross-references to other requirements correct?
  • Are all requirements written at a consistent and appropriate level of detail?
  • Do the requirements provide an adequate basis for design?
  • Is the implementation priority of each requirement included?
  • Are all external hardware, software, and communication interfaces defined?
  • Have algorithms intrinsic to the functional requirements been defined?
  • Does the SRS include all of the known customer or system needs?
  • Is the expected behavior documented for all anticipated error conditions?

Correctness

  • Do any requirements conflict with or duplicate other requirements?
  • Is each requirement written in clear, concise, unambiguous language?
  • Is each requirement verifiable by testing, demonstration, review, or analysis?
  • Is each requirement in scope for the project?
  • Is each requirement free from content and grammatical errors?
  • Is any necessary information missing from a requirement? If so, is it identified as TBD?
  • Can all of the requirements be implemented within known constraints?
  • Are any specified error messages unique and meaningful?

Quality Attributes

  • Are all performance objectives properly specified?
  • Are all security and safety considerations properly specified?
  • Are other pertinent quality attribute goals explicitly documented and quantified, with the acceptable tradeoffs specified?

Traceability

  • Is each requirement uniquely and correctly identified?
  • Is each software functional requirement traceable to a higher-level requirement (e.g., system requirement, use case)?

Special Issues

  • Are all requirements actually requirements, not design or implementation solutions?
  • Are the time-critical functions identified, and timing criteria specified for them?
  • Have internationalization issues been adequately addressed?
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