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Functional specification

A functional specification (also, functional spec, specs, functional specifications document (FSD), functional requirements specification) in systems engineering and software development is a document that specifies the functions that a system or component must perform (often part of a requirements specification) (ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765-2010).

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Functional specification

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Triples17
Avg. degree1.93
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has method · 5
Functional specification → After, For, One, The, UI
related to Process · 5
Functional specification → After, In, The, When, While
related to Purpose · 4
Functional specification → One, There, To, Typically
related to External links · 2
Functional specification → Joel Spolsky, Painless Functional Specifications
is a · 1
Functional specification → more technical response to a matching requirements document

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functional specification software requirements system specifications typically document development systems describes technical user needed stakeholders examples also program purposes one

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Functional specificationrelated to External linksPainless Functional Specifications0.60section
Functional specificationrelated to External linksJoel Spolsky0.60section
Functional specificationrelated to ProcessIn0.60section
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Functional specificationrelated to ProcessWhen0.60section
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