Hints and Tips on developing a 'Specification Document'Why create a specification document?If you are looking for a new IT solution, we encourage you to develop a specification. Even if it is only a brief document. Our experience in implementing software solutions shows… 1. Project time savings accrue from a specification in the following areas:
2. Saving money with specifications:
It is also important to consider what features (or modules) do you want in which phase. Often from our initial discussions, there is a wide price range of the type of solution we might propose (for example, depending on your needs it could be between $5,000 to $50,000). This is why a specification is important, it will allow us (and other software service providers) to provide you with a proposal matching your requirements. Specification ContentsDifferent specifications will have different layouts, depending on the responsible personnel and the needs of each project. There are two types of specification documents:
We suggest you develop a functional specification. The specification document can then be used as shopping list when looking for a solution. If you are interested in Cadzow assisting in the development of a specification, please call us.
Simple specification guideConsider the following questions:
Need assistance?This is an article we wrote for clients who want to write the document themselves. However when we visit we use this and a longer version as a guide. Using our business and IT experience, we often then ask many non scripted questions. It's often amazing how much information can be gathered in a short session. Our questions tend to be a starting point to get the client involved in information sharing, then they bring up many other facts. We can also give the client a guide to which of their wishes are expensive and question if they are really needed etc. |