Requirements document - IEEE standard

1. Introduction

1.1. Purpose of the requirements document
1.2. Scope of the product
1.3. Definitions, acronyms and abbreviations
1.4. References
1.5. Overview of the remainder of the document

2. General description

2.1. Porduct perspectives
2.2. Product functions
2.3. User characteristics
2.4. General constraints
2.5. Assumptions and dependencies

3. Specific requirements

covering functional, non-functional and interface requirements. This is obviously the most substantial part of the document but because of the wide variability in organisational practice, it is not appropriate to define a standard structure for this section. The requirements may document external interfaces, describe system functionalty and performance, specify logical database requirements, design constriants, emergent system properties and quality characteristics.

4. Appendices

5. Index

Reference: Software Engineering, 6th edition, Ian sommerville, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-39815-X. page 117