Specification Document
See: Document, Specification Item, System Requirements Document.
References
2011
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specification_%28technical_standard%29
- A 'specification (often abbreviated spec) is an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.[1] Should a material, product or service fail to meet one or more of the applicable specifications, it may be referred to as being out of specification ;[2] the abbreviation OOS may also be used.[3] Specs are a type of technical standard.
A technical specification may be developed by any of various kinds of organizations, both public and private. Example organization types include a corporation, a consortium (a small group of corporations), a trade association (an industry-wide group of corporations), a national government (including its military, regulatory agencies, and national laboratories and institutes), a professional association (society), or a purpose-made standards organization such as ISO. It is common for one organization to refer to (reference, call out, cite) the standards of another. Voluntary standards may become mandatory if adopted by a government or business contract.
Sometimes the term specification is used in connection with a data sheet (or spec sheet). A data sheet is usually used for technical communication to describe technical characteristics of an item or product. It can be published by a manufacturer to help people choose products or to help use the products. A data sheet is not a technical specification as described in this article.
- A 'specification (often abbreviated spec) is an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.[1] Should a material, product or service fail to meet one or more of the applicable specifications, it may be referred to as being out of specification ;[2] the abbreviation OOS may also be used.[3] Specs are a type of technical standard.
- ↑ ASTM definition.
- ↑ "out of spec". BusinessDictionary.com (online ed.). WebFinance. OCLC 316869803. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/out-of-spec.html.
- ↑ Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (October 2006) (PDF). Guidance for Industry:Investigating Out-of-Specification (OOS) Test Results for Pharmaceutical Production. Food and Drug Administration. http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/3634fnl.pdf. Retrieved 20 May 2009.