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Tabular Specifications

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Tabular specifications are particularly useful when:

You need to show which stakeholders are responsible for each requirement

There are a number of possible alternative situations and you need to describe the actions to be taken for each

You need to formally prove a mathematical property of the system

You need to describe a single linear sequence of events

Correct Answer

There are a number of possible alternative situations and you need to describe the actions to be taken for each

Explanation

Tables are particularly useful when there are multiple possible alternative situations and you need to describe the actions to be taken for each. For example, the insulin pump requirement uses a table with conditions (sugar level falling/stable/increasing) and corresponding dose actions for each condition.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition

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