"Contract Development" Please respond to the following:

• Gathering software requirements requires gathering of functional requirements,operational requirements, and technical specifications. These requirements can then be described in the contract development process. Describe what may happen if declarative statements contain ambiguous phrases such as “ands”, “ ors”, “ifs”, or “buts” as described within the operational requirements. Present example(s) to support your answer.
• Determine the typical items that should be included within a contractual agreement of a software project. Analyze how the inclusion of these items may help avoid risks in future phases of the software project life cycle.

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Gathering software requirements requires gathering of functional requirements, operational requirements, and technical specifications. These requirements can then be described in the contract development process. Describe what may happen if declarative statements contain ambiguous phrases such as “ands”, “ors”, “ifs”, or “buts” as described within the operational requirements. Present example(s) to support your answer.

Stating requirements using declarative statements often causes reviewers to call into question other things the system shall do, since it questions the purpose of the system and its requirements. Such confusion can generally be avoided by heeding the following rules of thumb.

Determine the typical items that should be included within a contractual agreement of a software project. Analyse how the inclusion of these items may help avoid risks in future phases of the software project life cycle.

The document must include standardized sections covering application, formatting and traceability standards, and other guidelines the organization follows in documenting requirements and managing its requirements documentation. These inclusions will result in changes in methodology and lessons learned – thus providing a stable platform for consistent requirements development, employee education and communication with customers.