Sample Functional Specification Template

USER INTERFACE DESIGN SPECIFICATION
: Version 1.0 June 15, 2006 UI Contacts: Jane Smith (jsmith@somecompany.com) John Jones (jjones@ somecompany.com)

1     Table of Contents

1      Table of Contents. 2

2      Introduction. 3

3      . 4

3.1        . 4

3.2        . 4

4      Revision History. 5

2     Introduction

[Things you can discuss in the introduction:

·         The scope of this spec

·         Terminology / basic vocabulary

·         High-level flow

·         Areas that are covered in other specs / documents

·         Reference to a Common UI spec, patterns library, etc

·         References to other support documents such as research reports, prototypes, etc ]

3    

3.1   

[Things to consider including here:

·         Brief description of area

·         Definitions

·         Block flow for task area

·         Design rationale, etc ]

3.2   

[Notes specific to this screen]

Screen sample(s)	ID	Item	Description
Source: WireframeFileName.ai	A	[name of field, control, or input event]	[For field, describe contents, including text format, alignment, and any rules governing conditional text. For a control, describe its response to various input events, when it is enabled/disabled, options available, placement within the screen, etc. For input events, describe the response. The response may be a state change for this screen, navigation to a new context, etc. Include discussion of animations, error conditions, etc.]	[date of change]
	B
	C
	D
	E
	F
	G
	H
	I

3.3   

3.4   

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4    

4.1   

4.2   

4.3   

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5     Revision History

Version	Date	Author	Change	Bug(s)
1.0	June 15, 2006	Jane Smith	[List of items which were added, modified, or deleted.] [May include rationale for why change was made.]	[IDs of bug(s) associated with each change]

6     Open Issues

Version	Date	Author	Issues	Bug(s)
1.0	June 15, 2006	Jane Smith	[List of open issues] [Update to include resolutions once issues are closed]	[IDs of bug(s) associated with each issue]