IEEE 830-1998

The general area of requirements for software systems as specified by either potential customers/users or designers/producers and constituting the substance of an agreement between them. To establish a correlation between the content of software requirements specifications as defined in 830 and the content of such documentation as defined in IEEE 12207.1, Guide for Information Technology - Software Life Cycle Processes - Life Cycle Data by adding an annex which will correlate the assumptions relating to content of the two documents and trace content between subject documentation To achieve harmonization of the content definition for software life cycle process results among the IEEE software engineering standards and with related international standards. This will help users to produce results consistent with the international standard for software life cycle processes, ISO/IEC 12207. Revision Standard - Superseded. Superseded by ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148:2011. 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/ EIA12207.1- 1997 are also provided.