How to build a Functional Requirement Specifications FRS.

WHAT IS A FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATIONS FRS?

The functional requirements specification (FRS) document contains a description of the software product to be supplied in terms of the functions it will perform and facilities required to meet the user requirements (often defined in a prior URS – User Requirements Specification) document.

Software validation typically has a Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) that follows the URS in a logical, traceable way. The FRS shows the way the software post-configuration as per developer company recommendations will meet the requirements of the URS.

The Functional Requirements Specification documents the operations and activities that a system must be able to satisfy each individual URS user requirement, described for example as:

• Interface requirements
• Business Requirements
• Regulatory/Compliance Requirements
• Security Requirements

In other words, all requirements outlined in the User Requirement Specification should be addressed in the Functional Requirements Specification.

The FRS should include the following sections: (as applicable)

• Purpose
• Scope
• Background
• Hardware and Software Description
• Descriptions of data to be entered into the system
• Descriptions of operations performed by each screen
• Descriptions of work-flows performed by the system
• Descriptions of system reports or other outputs
• Who can enter the data into the system
• How the system meets applicable regulatory requirements
• The Functional Requirements Specification is designed to be read by a general audience. Readers should understand the system, but no particular technical knowledge should be required to understand the document.
• Associated Reference Documents
• Appendices
• History of Change
• Document Approval

Depending on the scope and complexity of the program, the FRS document can be combined with the user requirements specification in just one document design specification document.

Requirements outlined in the Functional Requirements Specification are usually tested in the Operational Qualification.

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References

httpss://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=225.1

httpss://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/part-11-electronic-records-electronic-signatures-scope-and-application

httpss://ispe.org/publications/guidance-documents/gamp-5

https://www.imdrf.org/docs/ghtf/final/sg3/technical-docs/ghtf-sg3-n99-10-2004-qms-process-guidance-04010.pdf

httpss://www.fda.gov/media/94074/download

https://www.imdrf.org/docs/ghtf/final/sg3/technical-docs/ghtf-sg3-n99-10-2004-qms-process-guidance-04010.pdf

httpss://www.fda.gov/media/94074/download

httpss://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=225.1

httpss://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/part-11-electronic-records-electronic-signatures-scope-and-application

httpss://ispe.org/publications/guidance-documents/gamp-5

Related topics and resources:

Validation Plan, Installation Qualification, Operational Qualification, Performance Qualifications, Component Qualification, Traceability Matrix, Ppk, Control Charts, Cpk, User Requirements, Functional Requirement Specifications, GAMP5, risk assessment