What is the difference between SRS document and design document?

SRS DOCUMENT/ REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND SPECIFICATION DOCUMENT

SRS document is a contract between the customer and development team. Once the SRS document is approved by the customer, any subsequent controversies are settled by referring the SRS document. SRS document defines the customer’s requirements in terms of Functions, performance, external interfaces and design constraints.

SRS Includes:

• Functional
• Non functional
• User
• Interface
• System

DESIGN DOCUMENT

The purpose of a design is to describe how the enhancements will be incorporated into the existing project. It should contain samples of the finished product. This could include navigational mechanism screenshots, example reports, and component diagrams.

Design Includes:
• E-R Diagrams
• Data flow diagrams
• Data Dictionary

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