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Subject:Re: What type of document is this? From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:04:47 -0800
We have a similar doc for each product entitled, Product Development Plan.
It's more akin to a functional spec, however, in that the programmers have
to meet those requirements. Other docs call for verification procedures,
such that the software meets each point spelled out in the PDP.
> Chris
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Sean McKean <Sean -dot- McKean -at- fineos -dot- com> wrote:
> 'Functional specification' did actually cross my mind, but that has a
> fairly well-defined meaning so I dismissed it for the same reason as you
> did. 'Functional description' sounds like the right sort of thing, but is
> that an industry-standard term? Maybe there isn't one. One suggestion (and
> I don't know whether this is industry-standard either) is 'product
> description document'.
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