Software Requirements Specification with LaTeX

Question

Are there anybody who uses LaTeX to produce quality Software Requirements Specification documents?

If yes, do you have any template which you can share?

Answer 1

It does not appear that there is any particular class or package devoted to Software Requirements Specifications and perhaps the reason is that this sort of document will follow an in-house format. It is not that difficult to develop one from scratch using one of the standard classes or any other class you are familiar with. I have used the KOMA-Script, report class for a short template to get you going. Here is the minimal code.

\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{underscore}
\usepackage[bookmarks=true]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    bookmarks=false,    % show bookmarks bar?
    pdftitle={Software Requirement Specification},    % title
    pdfauthor={Yiannis Lazarides},                     % author
    pdfsubject={TeX and LaTeX},                        % subject of the document
    pdfkeywords={TeX, LaTeX, graphics, images}, % list of keywords
    colorlinks=true,       % false: boxed links; true: colored links
    linkcolor=blue,       % color of internal links
    citecolor=black,       % color of links to bibliography
    filecolor=black,        % color of file links
    urlcolor=purple,        % color of external links
    linktoc=page            % only page is linked
}%
\def\myversion{1.0 }
\title{%
\flushright
\rule{16cm}{5pt}\vskip1cm
\Huge{SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS\\ SPECIFICATION}\\
\vspace{2cm}
for\\
\vspace{2cm}
Materials Ordering System\\
\vspace{2cm}
\LARGE{Release 1.0\\}
\vspace{2cm}
\LARGE{Version \myversion approved\\}
\vspace{2cm}
Prepared by Yiannis Lazarides\\
\vfill
\rule{16cm}{5pt}
}
\date{}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
\chapter*{Revision History}
\chapter{Introduction}
\section{Purpose}
\section{Project Scope and Product Features}
\section{References}
\chapter{Overall Description}
\section{Product Perspective}
\section{User Classes and Characteristics}
% add other chapters and sections to suit
\end{document}

My own preference for such a document is to use XeLaTeX to process it, in order to have a wider selection of fonts.