technical requirements
Mandatory feature specifications
Technical requirements are the specific conditions a system, product, or project must meet to function properly.
These spell out measurable specifications—processing speed, storage capacity, software compatibility, file formats, security standards.
In job postings, technical requirements list the skills or credentials candidates need: The technical requirements include five years of Python experience.
Distinguished from functional requirements, which describe what something should do, technical requirements describe how it must be built or configured to do it.
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- constraintsLimits on action
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
benchmarks · parameters · criteria · use case · functionality · performance · scalability · load testing · edge case · compatibility · system · engineering · blueprint · checklist · validation · testing · quality assurance · code review
- procurementprocurement, purchasing, purchase order, bidding, subcontract
technical requirementsnice-to-haves
Desired but unnecessary features
suggestions · recommendations · preferences · stretch goals · desiderata
technical requirementsvision statement
Declared organizational aspiration
conceptual framework · guiding principles · strategic objectives · design philosophy · broad strokes
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