Managing Software Requirements: A Unified Approach

Chapter 17. The Vision Document

Key Points

• The Vision document describes the application in general terms, including descriptions of the target market, the system users, and the application features.

• The Vision document defines, at a high level of abstraction, both the problem and the solution.

• Virtually all software projects will benefit from having a Vision document.

• The Delta Vision document focuses on what has changed.

This chapter focuses on the Vision document. As our colleague Philippe Kruchten recently said, "If I were permitted to develop only one document, model, or other artifact in support of a software project, a short, well-crafted Vision document would be my choice."

The Vision document combines into a single document some modest elements ...