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Condition that must be satisfied for an engineered work to be acceptable

In engineering, a requirement is a condition that must be satisfied for the output of a work effort to be acceptable. It is an explicit, objective, clear and often quantitative description of a condition to be satisfied by a material, design, product, or service. Wikipedia →

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  4. Read the landmark paper: Induction of Apoptotic Program in Cell-Free Extracts: Requirement for dATP and Cytochrome cCited 4,272 times
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📖 Definitions

Noun A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.

Noun Something asked.

Noun A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.

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  1. Origins of term
  2. Product versus process requirements
  3. Types of requirements
  4. Characteristics of good requirements
  5. Documenting requirements
  6. Changes in requirements
  7. Issues

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