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Add C03 wiki content (DRAFT) — landing page, Resources rows Light first pass: C03-home, 2 key-concept pages marked DRAFT, external resource rows in C03-Resources.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# C03 — Skills in Documenting a Software Requirements Specification
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Hamilton College · Year 12 · 2026
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The third SAT criterion covers the full Software Requirements Specification (SRS) — the formal document you produce after your data collection. You will write functional and non-functional requirements, define scope using MoSCoW, document constraints across five categories, describe your users, and specify the technical environment. You will also practise critical thinking by writing, evaluating, and following up on questions that test your own SRS.
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## Key concepts
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Short explainers for the concepts most commonly confused or under-done at each rubric band:
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- [Functional vs Non-Functional Requirements](/sd/C03/Functional%20vs%20Non-Functional%20Requirements) — the exact difference, with a side-by-side table for the same project; the most common mislabelling errors that cost marks at 5–6
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- [Scope vs Constraints](/sd/C03/Scope%20vs%20Constraints) — why budget is a constraint, not a scope decision; how MoSCoW and the constraints table work together; what the 9–10 band cross-reference looks like
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Source material C02-C05: 6 new DRAFT pages, verified external rows YouTube-first priority sourcing per CXX-WIKI-VIDEO-guide §7. All external resources verified rigorously (oEmbed for YouTube, browser DOM check via playwright-cli for Isaac CS); no curl-200-only links. New DRAFT wiki pages (6): - C02: Excalidraw Diagram Starters - C03: Analytical Tools Template Guide - C04: Efficiency vs Effectiveness; Evaluation Criteria and the SRS - C05: Annotated Mock-up in Excalidraw; Plan B Contingency Table Verified external rows added across CXX-Resources.md (MPT YouTube, NNgroup, VCAA Teaching and Learning, Isaac CS prog_cwk_evaluation_ocr, Ryan's Tutorials). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- [Analytical Tools Template Guide](/sd/C03/Analytical%20Tools%20Template%20Guide) — how to use the pre-labelled Excalidraw file (UCD / Context Diagram / DFD skeletons) when updating your analytical tools in Step 1 (DRAFT)
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Add C03 wiki pages: Technical Environment, Evaluating Questions, SRS 2.0 Three new DRAFT pages targeting the C3-1 9-10 differentiator (technical environment five categories), the C3-2 self-assessment ladder (Evaluating Your Own Questions H/M/L), and the C3-2 ripple-effect skill (SRS 2.0 — one scenario traced across all six SRS sections). C03-home updated with Key Concept links to the three new pages. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- [Technical Environment — Five Categories](/sd/C03/Technical%20Environment%20%E2%80%94%20Five%20Categories) — the 9–10 differentiator for C3-1; how to describe all five categories (hardware, software, network, data, security) with the justification the rubric requires (DRAFT)
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- [Evaluating Your Own Questions](/sd/C03/Evaluating%20Your%20Own%20Questions) — how to rate each C3-2 analysis question High / Medium / Low honestly; what the viva examiner probes at 7–8 band (DRAFT)
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Add C03 wiki content (DRAFT) — landing page, Resources rows Light first pass: C03-home, 2 key-concept pages marked DRAFT, external resource rows in C03-Resources.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Resources
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- [C03 Resources](/sd/Resources/C03-Resources) — per-topic reading and videos, including external resources for requirements types, constraints categories, user characteristics, and critical analysis question-writing
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