What is a FRS?
Functional Requirement Specification (FRS) is a document that contains all the feature descriptions of the system/ product and an illustration of what the system does in each screen. Therefore, this can be known to be the guidance for the software developers who develop a system.
Key Content Items of a FRS document includes ;
- Introduction
- Objective
- Key Factors to Consider
- Assumptions
- Use Case Diagrams/ Flow Diagrams etc
- Detailed descriptions of functionalities (Ex: how each screen works) of the system.
- UIs (wireframes/ mockup screens)
Advantages of a FRS to a Project
Are you a business owner/ manager getting your own software system developed?
How many times have you wasted money by re-doing the same feature changing always? 😞
Isn’t it because your Software Engineer didn’t understand your exact requirement?
Why did he fail to understand it? 🤔
It’s because you didn’t have your requirement documented with mockup screens for the developer to get the exact picture of what you had in your mind.
Now, are we getting somewhere? Oh yeah! So, now you know why you wasted so much money. Well, don’t worry. Let’s take it as a good lesson. 😊
Are you a software development service company developing your clients’ software systems?
How many times did you have to change the software even after you complete the development, because your client requests changes?
We know. The answer is “Endless” 😥
Well, this is because both you and your client are not on the same page although you think you have understood what exactly your client wants.
Don’t worry. This can be easily solved.
You can simply provide the entire software requirement documented with mockup screens to the client and agree on the project even before starting development. So, everyone knows what the end result will look like. 😃
Ok! We also know that you don’t have time for documentation and ya, you hate it too 😬
That’s why LoviLabs provides you that perfect developer friendly Software Requirement documented with mockup screens for you.
We make your life easy for you both with your client and your development team.
Have a look at our developer friendly FRS below.
Yeah! we call it a Developer Friendly FRS, because these are not very long, but contains only the most required information for a developer. We never make the developer’s life a boring one with long documents. 😊
Please note that this is only some extracts of a FRS documented by LoviLabs.
You can always enjoy all below advantages as well if you maintain a FRS for your software system.
- Demonstrates everyone who goes through the FRS about each feature in the system and how the system will work when the product is completed. It’s a clear cut picture for anyone to understand how the completed software will look like.
- Helps the software development team to understand how every feature should work with different functionalities, validations etc.
- Illustrates all stakeholders the process of each step of the system.
- User goals, tasks, or activities are supported across the FRS document.
- If any error regarding the system is to be found while preparing the FRS document, it can be easily corrected before correcting it when it’s completely developed as a software. Prevention is always better and less costly than correction.
- A FRS document helps the software testers/ QAs to clearly understand which scenarios are to be tested in the system.
If you have a software system and if you need your development team do it right at the first time within a short period of time, use of a short and sweet FRS would be one of the best solutions.
We; LoviLabs would love to help you for your requirement documentation and Business Analysis work easy with our experienced team. Contact us via www.LoviLabs.com
written by Kaushalya Sewwandi on behalf of LoviLabs
