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II. Functional requirements

A. System features

B. Operational risk requirements

C. Design and implementation constraints

D. Assumptions and dependencies

III. Interface requirements

A. User interfaces

B. Network interfaces

C. Data interfaces

IV. Reporting requirements

A. Trade execution/cost analysis reports

B. Performance/risk monitoring reports

V. Appendixes

A. Glossary

B. Business rules catalog (prototypes)

1. Trading selection algorithms


2. Position management rules


3. Data cleaning rules
   C. Data map, data flow map, data dictionary
   D. Performance/risk monitoring rules
   E. Gold standard IS/OS test run package

From the IEEE standard, the SRS should address the following:

● Functionality. What is the software supposed to do?

● External interfaces. How does the software interact with people, the system ’ s hard-

ware, other hardware, and other software?

● Performance. What is the speed, availability, response time, recovery time of vari-

ous software functions, etc.?

● Attributes. What are the portability, correctness, maintainability, security, etc.

considerations?

● Design constraints imposed on an implementation. Are there any required stand-

ards in effect, implementation language, policies for database integrity, resource

limits, operating environment(s) etc.?^1

In short, the SRS should not include any design requirements. The benefits of a good SRS:

● Establish the basis for agreement between the product team and the development

team.

● Reduce the development effort.

● Provide a basis for estimating costs and schedules.

● Provide a baseline for validation and verification.

20.1. S O F T WARE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION