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Specification Capture
The development of a database or software application usually begins with requirements capture and analysis. A common starting point is a natural language document produced by the client (or by the analyst on the basis of taped interviews) describing the application required from the client's point of view.
The analyst then needs to analyze this document for functional and technical requirements to produce a semi-formal document, which specifies what is required, again in natural language but with minimal ambiguity and maximal clarity. This document is understandable to the client and will generally be reviewed by him/her and may form the basis of contractual obligations between the client and the vendor.
As evident from the above, requirement and specification capture is often a tedious and time-consuming process. It is a time-tested truth that in spite of the best of efforts, clients often are not very sure of their requirements resulting in improper and erroneous SRS.
The magnitude of complexity grows manifold when companies need to be at foreign customer site to capture specifications and requirements with increased overhead cost.
Specification Capture is a customer-centric web-based tool, which complements the effort of the customer in putting forward the requirement specification in a structured way and makes the task of system analyst easier.
How Specification Capture Works
Specification Capture provides a web-based interface to the customer using which the customer can put forward requirement and specifications in a predefined format. Any customer can avail the service in two different ways :
To avail subscription-based service, a customer needs to register itself. During registration process, customer details needs to be fed following, which, he/she can start using the service. Users of registration based service can submit one or multiple requirements and/or specifications. To facilitate structured requirement capture, the system groups the requirements under different category. These are :
One of the most important features of the Specification Capture software, which makes indispensable, is the Drawing Tool. The Drawing Tool is unique of its kind, which provides the customer the ability to draw an interface to elucidate their requirements pictorially. Using Drawing tool is easy. The user just needs to drag and drop different controls like text boxes, labels, and combo boxes to prepare the visual representation of its requirement. The prepared visual representation can be easily submitted with a query for the analyst to have a better understanding of the specification.
TICKET BASED SERVICE
Specification Capture can also be used by Ticket based service. Contrast to the registration based service, the ticket-based service only allows customer to submit a single query. Ticket based service also does not provide users with the powerful drawing tool. Apart from these, all other features are available to a customer as that of a registration based service.
Benefits of Specification Capture
Specification Capture
An IntroductionThe development of a database or software application usually begins with requirements capture and analysis. A common starting point is a natural language document produced by the client (or by the analyst on the basis of taped interviews) describing the application required from the client's point of view.
The analyst then needs to analyze this document for functional and technical requirements to produce a semi-formal document, which specifies what is required, again in natural language but with minimal ambiguity and maximal clarity. This document is understandable to the client and will generally be reviewed by him/her and may form the basis of contractual obligations between the client and the vendor.
As evident from the above, requirement and specification capture is often a tedious and time-consuming process. It is a time-tested truth that in spite of the best of efforts, clients often are not very sure of their requirements resulting in improper and erroneous SRS.
The magnitude of complexity grows manifold when companies need to be at foreign customer site to capture specifications and requirements with increased overhead cost.
Specification Capture is a customer-centric web-based tool, which complements the effort of the customer in putting forward the requirement specification in a structured way and makes the task of system analyst easier.
How Specification Capture Works
Specification Capture provides a web-based interface to the customer using which the customer can put forward requirement and specifications in a predefined format. Any customer can avail the service in two different ways :
- Registration Based Services
- Ticket Based
To avail subscription-based service, a customer needs to register itself. During registration process, customer details needs to be fed following, which, he/she can start using the service. Users of registration based service can submit one or multiple requirements and/or specifications. To facilitate structured requirement capture, the system groups the requirements under different category. These are :
- Query Details
- Business Details
- Document Details
- Existing Details
- Platform Details
- System Details
One of the most important features of the Specification Capture software, which makes indispensable, is the Drawing Tool. The Drawing Tool is unique of its kind, which provides the customer the ability to draw an interface to elucidate their requirements pictorially. Using Drawing tool is easy. The user just needs to drag and drop different controls like text boxes, labels, and combo boxes to prepare the visual representation of its requirement. The prepared visual representation can be easily submitted with a query for the analyst to have a better understanding of the specification.
TICKET BASED SERVICE
Specification Capture can also be used by Ticket based service. Contrast to the registration based service, the ticket-based service only allows customer to submit a single query. Ticket based service also does not provide users with the powerful drawing tool. Apart from these, all other features are available to a customer as that of a registration based service.
Benefits of Specification Capture
- Ease of Use
- A more authentic mode of requirement capture over traditional verbal mode
- Secure and Improved Communication though Message Board
- Capturing of Requirement in a Structured way ensuring Timely Delivery
- Better pictorial representation of specification through usage of Drawing Tool
- Posting of Multiple Issue and Query
- Saves Time and Lowers Development Cost