Introduction

It is not sufficient to write use cases. There are other kinds of requirements that need to be identified, such as documentation, packaging, supportability, licensing, and so forth. These are captured in the Supplementary Specification.

The Glossary captures terms and definitions; it can also play the role of a data dictionary.

The Vision summarizes the “vision” of the project. It serves to tersely communicate the big ideas regarding why the project was proposed, what the problems are, who the stakeholders are, what they need, and what the proposed solution looks like.

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The Vision defines the stakeholders' view of the product to be developed, specified in terms of the stakeholders' key needs and features. Containing an ...

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