design requirement
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In engineering, a requirement is a condition that must be satisfied for the output of a work effort to be acceptable. It is an explicit, objective, clear and often quantitative description of a condition to be satisfied by a material, design, product, or service.
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- Origins of term
- Product versus process requirements
- Types of requirements
- Characteristics of good requirements
- Verification
- Documenting requirements
- Changes in requirements
- Issues
- Competing standards
- Disputes regarding the necessity and effects of software requirements
- Requirements creep
- Multiple requirements taxonomies
- Process corruptions
- See also
- References
- External links
In engineering, a requirement is a condition that must be satisfied for the output of a work effort to be acceptable. It is an explicit, objective, clear and often quantitative description of a condition to be satisfied by a material, design, product, or service.
A specification or spec is a set of requirements that is typically used by developers in the design stage of product development and by testers in their verification process.
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