This is a document template which you can use if you’re writing a Requirements Document for a software project. Copy the contents of this document into your own, and then work through each section to fill in the necessary information.

The goal of this document is to make sure that you outline the requirements of a project – everything the software needs to do. You need to be complete and make sure nothing major is omitted, but you also need to be judicious in your use of detail. Too little and you haven’t covered everything; too much and people won’t read it, which is almost worse than having not covered everything.

We’ve based the contents of the document on a fictional piece of software called FlightView Pro, designed for the airline industry. While the nature and scope of the document are realistic, it is important to note that FightView Pro does not represent an actual piece of software.