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A comment on Characteristics of a Good Software Requirements Specification (SRS).

Re:Characteristics of a Good Software Requirements Specifica... by cawhitworth on Monday October 10, 2011 @09:47AM (#3093722)
I thought the entire point of the Agile movement was that such a requirements spec was, in essence, impossible for precisely the reasons shown in that cartoon?
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Re:Characteristics of a Good Software Requirements Specifica... by accavdar on Monday October 10, 2011 @02:53PM (#3095214)
Absolutely. For this reason, they said: "Working software over comprehensive documentation" in Agile manifesto. However, you cannot develop a product without knowing your requirements. You have some kind of requirements or features spec in any methodology.
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Re:Characteristics of a Good Software Requirements Specifica... by Wistar on Monday October 10, 2011 @11:41AM (#3094230)
That was my understanding or, at the least, my understanding of how Agile has been sold.

If you write enough user stories it seems that eventually you have an SRS.

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