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##### Project:
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::[PROJECTNAME](Home)
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##### Internal Release Number:
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::X.Y.Z
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##### Related Documents:
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- [SRS](SRS) > [Feature Set](Feature-Set) > Feature Specification Format
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---
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**Process impact:** This reference page documents the format of feature
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descriptions and gives tips on writing them. You can copy and paste the
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feature specification template into your [Features](Features)
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document. This file itself should not be edited to hold specific
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features.
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*TODO: Copy and paste this feature specification template as many times
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as needed in your [Features](Features) document.*
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---
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### ::F-00: FEATURE NAME
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Priority: ::Essential | Expected | Desired | Optional
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Effort: ::Months | Weeks | Days | Hours
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Risk: ::Dangerous | 3-Risk | 2-Risk | 1-Risk | Safe
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Functional area(s): ::WORD, WORD, WORD
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Use case(s): ::[UC-01](Use-Cases#UC-01)
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Description:
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::1-4 PARAGRAPHS. USE BULLETS OR TABLES TO ORGANIZE INFORMATION. LINK TO WORKSHEETS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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Precise Details:
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- ::LOGICAL CONSTRAINT
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- ::LOGICAL CONSTRAINT
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Notes and Questions:
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- ::NOTE
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- ::NOTE
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- ::QUESTION
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- ::QUESTION
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---
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### Feature Attribute Values
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- Priority
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- Essential: The system could not or would never be used without
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this feature. It would be much harder to test, document, or
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package the product without this feature.
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- Expected: Key stakeholders strongly desire and expect
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this feature. It may have been promised to them in a certain
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release. It's absence would substantially reduce the success of
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the project.
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- Desired: Stakeholders desire this feature. It's absence would
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reduce the success of the project.
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- Optional: This feature would be nice to have. Adding it could
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have some advantage, but delaying it would not have a big effect
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on the success of the project.
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- Effort
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- Months: A very large feature that is too big to estimate and
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should be broken in to smaller, better-defined features.
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- Weeks: A large feature that will take 40 to 160 hours to add.
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- Days: An average or easy feature that would take less than 40
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hours to add.
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- Hours: A very easy feature that would take less than 8 hours to
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add
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- Note that "adding" a feature means doing all of it's design,
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implementation, technical documentation, user documentation,
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and testing. Even the easiest feature takes hours to add.
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- Risk
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- Dangerous: Implementing this feature successfully would require
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overcoming risk factors that are more than three or unknown
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in number. It should be broken down into parts, better
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specified, or risk factors should be eliminated prior
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to implementation.
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- 3-Risks: Implementing this feature would require three risk
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factors to be overcome. Any single release should contain at
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most a few such high-risk features, and contingency plans should
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be considered. You should be able to list the risks.
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- 2-Risks: Implementing this feature would require two risk
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factors to be overcome. This is normal for challenging features.
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You should be able to list the risks.
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- 1-Risk: Implementing this feature as specified would require one
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risk factor to be overcome. This is normal for many features.
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You should be able to describe the risk.
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- Safe: Implementing this feature as specified is just a matter of
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time and effort, there is no real risk of failure.
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- A "risk factor" is a task or fact that is currently in doubt,
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but that must turn out well in order for the feature to be
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successfully implemented. See tips on managing risk below.
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### Further Information
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For more information on advice, see:
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- Words of wisdom on [feature sets](http://readyset.tigris.org/words-of-wisdom/feature-set.html).
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- Words of wisdom on [feature specifications](http://readyset.tigris.org/words-of-wisdom/features.html).
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