Re: Technical Spec or Functional Spec?

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> I have an interview Monday where I'm supposed to talk
> about technical specifications I have written. I have
> "written" *functional* specs (with data sent to me by
> developers) but I have never heard of a document
> called a Technical Specification. 

In my experience, if the information came from developers, it was
probably technical specifications. If it came from discussions with
the user, then it was a functional specification.

Unless I've been wrong for quite a while:

Functional Specs tell what it does/will do...what is its function?
Technical (or System) Specifications tell how it does it..

Guys...am I wrong?


=====
John Posada, Senior Technical Writer
"I am a bomb disposal expert. If you see me running, try to keep up."
mailto:john -at- tdandw -dot- com, 732-259-2874

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger
http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

*** Deva(tm) Tools for Dreamweaver and Deva(tm) Search ***
Build Contents, Indexes, and Search for Web Sites and Help Systems
Available now at http://www.devahelp.com or info -at- devahelp -dot- com

A landmark hotel, one of America's most beautiful cities, and 
three and a half days of immersion in the state of the art:
IPCC 01, Oct. 24-27 in Santa Fe.  http://ieeepcs.org/2001/

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot-  Visit 
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.