January 2010
CEFACT/___/___
UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION
AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESS (UN/CEFACT
BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION
(BRS)
Documentation Template
Approved: UN/CEFACT Bureau ___________________
Version: 2.0
Release: 1.0
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
2 THE BRS AND UN/CEFACT’S GOALS 4
3 AUDIENCE 5
4 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS 5
5 PURPOSE OF BRS 2.0 5
5.1 OVERVIEW OF BRS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 6
5.2 BRS BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS 7
5.2.1 Scope of Project 7
5.2.2 Requirements List 7
5.2.3 Definitions 7
5.2.4 UMM representation of Business Requirements 8
5.2.5 The UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology UMM 8
6 BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION DOCUMENT 11
6.1 BASIC OUTLINE 11
6.2 BRS DOCUMENT LAYOUT 12
6.2.1 Title Page 12
6.2.2 Table of Contents 12 A table of contents SHOULD be created as in figure 6.1 and include a separate table for the list of figures. 12
6.2.3 Document History 12
6.2.4 Change Log 13
7 BRS CONTENT – EXAMPLES & TEMPLATES 14
7.1 PREAMBLE 14
7.2 REFERENCES 14
7.3 OBJECTIVE 15
7.4 SCOPE 15
7.4.1 Description 15
7.4.2 Contexts 15
7.5 BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS ELABORATION 16
7.5.1 Business Requirements Lists 16
7.5.2 Definitions Business Terms 17
7.5.3 Business Requirements View 18
7.5.4 Business Choreography View 24
ANNEX 1. DEFINITIONS 30
ANNEX 2. STANDARD VALUES AND PREFERRED TERMS 32
1.BUSINESS AREA CLASSIFICATION 32
2.PROCESS AREA CLASSIFICATION 32
3.INITIAL LIST OF ENTITY STATES 33
4.AUTHORISED ROLES 33
TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1 – UMM Outline 8
Figure 2 – BRS Title Page 12
Figure 3 – Document History Template 13
Figure 4 – Document Change Log Template 13
Figure 5 – Context Categories 16
Figure 6 – Business Requirement List Template 16
Figure 7 – Date Requirement Statement Template 17
Figure 8 – Sample Definitions of Terms 17
Figure 9 - Business Domain Use Case Diagram - Business Processes in