Re: Trying to estimate the time it will take to write an SRS.

Subject: Re: Trying to estimate the time it will take to write an SRS.
From: Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "Jennifer C. Bennett" <fritillary -at- gmail -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:24:32 -0800 (PST)

Jennifer:

Are you going to be responsible for discoverying what
the requirements are - or are you going to be given
the requirements and just putting them into documents?


Tony Markos

--- "Jennifer C. Bennett" <fritillary -at- gmail -dot- com>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I may have an opportunity to write an SRS for what
> has been described as a
> "simple content management system". The focus of
> development will be on the
> API.
>
> Since I have not written one of these before, I was
> wondering if anyone
> could help me to estimate the time it would take to
> create the SRS. I have
> read the TECHWR-L article "Writing Software
> Requirements Specifications" by
> Donn Le Vie, Jr. (link:
>
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/magazine/writing/softwarerequirementspecs.html),
>
> and I have examined this template:
>
http://www.processimpact.com/process_assets/srs.template.doc.
> From what I
> gather, these can be pretty involved documents.
> Does anyone have any
> experiences to share about writing SRS documents?
> Is it even possible to
> estimate the time it will take to write one given so
> few details at this
> point? What questions should I be asking myself and
> my potential client to
> attempt to make a time estimate?
>
> What aspects of writing an SRS are the most
> difficult, in terms of
> information gathering?
>
> Any tips and pointers for those who have "been
> there" would be greatly
> appreciated! :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jennifer
>
>
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