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by cawhitworth 5364 days ago
I thought the entire point of the Agile movement was that such a requirements spec was, in essence, impossible for precisely the reasons shown in that cartoon?
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Absolutely. For this reason, they said: "Working software over comprehensive documentation" in Agile manifesto. However, you cannot develop a product without knowing your requirements. You have some kind of requirements or features spec in any methodology.
That was my understanding or, at the least, my understanding of how Agile has been sold.

If you write enough user stories it seems that eventually you have an SRS.