Outline of Requirements

1. Purpose and scope
   • What is the scope and goal of the project?
   • What is in the scope? What is out of the scope?
   • Who cares about the project? (Stakeholders)
   • What interests do the Stakeholders have?
2. Glossary
3. Use cases
   • Who are the primary actors? What are their goals?
   • How will each goal be achieved by an actor?
4. Technology
   • What technology requirements does the system have?
   • With what other systems will this system interact? What are the requirements for those interactions?
5. Other requirements
   • Performance criteria
   • Security criteria
   • Portability
   • Project participants
   • Business constraints
   • What can be bought? What must be built?
6. Human factors
   • What are the training requirements?
   • Any legal issues?
   • Is there a human backup to the system?