NEED STATEMENT
Systems Engineering Glossary
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Information on Need Statement
The need statement is a concise statement of
need describing the goals or objectives of the system development.
The need is articulated in the User Requirements Document. A
system must meet some defined need which must be clearly
stated at the outset. The need statement is
developed in conjunction with the key stakeholders and provides a
single concise sentence that contains a word or phrase for
every key aspect of the system. In that way, the
need statement begins the hierarchical top-down analysis of
system requirements.
The need statement also serves as the
ultimate test of the system’s fitness for purpose once it
is introduced into service.
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