Ieee SRS
IEEE Std 830-1998
(Revision of
IEEE Std 830-1993)
IEEE Std 830-1998
IEEE Recommended Practice for
Software Requirements
SpeciÞcations
IEEE Computer Society
Sponsored by the
Software Engineering Standards Committee
20 October 1998
SH94654
Authorized licensed use limited to: Michigan State University. Downloaded on February 23,2010 at 09:32:48 EST from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply.
IEEE Std 830™-1998(R2009)
(Revision of
IEEE Std 830-1993)
IEEE Recommended Practice for
Software Requirements
Specifications
Sponsor
Software Engineering Standards Committee of the
IEEE Computer Society
Reaffirmed 9 December 2009
Approved 25 June 1998
IEEE-SA Standards Board
Abstract: The content and qualities of a good software requirements specification (SRS) are described and several sample SRS outlines are presented. This recommended practice is aimed at specifying requirements of software to be developed but also can be applied to assist in the selection of in-house and commercial software products. Guidelines for compliance with IEEE/EIA
12207.1-1997 are also provided.
Keywords: contract, customer, prototyping, software requirements specification, supplier, system requirements specifications
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017-2394, USA
Copyright © 1998 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
All rights reserved. Published 1998. Printed in the United States of America.
ISBN 0-7381-0332-2
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Authorized licensed use limited to: Michigan State University. Downloaded on February 23,2010 at 09:32:48 EST from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply.
IEEE Standards documents are developed within the IEEE Societies and the Standards Coordinating Committees of the
IEEE Standards
(Revision of
IEEE Std 830-1993)
IEEE Std 830-1998
IEEE Recommended Practice for
Software Requirements
SpeciÞcations
IEEE Computer Society
Sponsored by the
Software Engineering Standards Committee
20 October 1998
SH94654
Authorized licensed use limited to: Michigan State University. Downloaded on February 23,2010 at 09:32:48 EST from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply.
IEEE Std 830™-1998(R2009)
(Revision of
IEEE Std 830-1993)
IEEE Recommended Practice for
Software Requirements
Specifications
Sponsor
Software Engineering Standards Committee of the
IEEE Computer Society
Reaffirmed 9 December 2009
Approved 25 June 1998
IEEE-SA Standards Board
Abstract: The content and qualities of a good software requirements specification (SRS) are described and several sample SRS outlines are presented. This recommended practice is aimed at specifying requirements of software to be developed but also can be applied to assist in the selection of in-house and commercial software products. Guidelines for compliance with IEEE/EIA
12207.1-1997 are also provided.
Keywords: contract, customer, prototyping, software requirements specification, supplier, system requirements specifications
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017-2394, USA
Copyright © 1998 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
All rights reserved. Published 1998. Printed in the United States of America.
ISBN 0-7381-0332-2
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Authorized licensed use limited to: Michigan State University. Downloaded on February 23,2010 at 09:32:48 EST from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply.
IEEE Standards documents are developed within the IEEE Societies and the Standards Coordinating Committees of the
IEEE Standards