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✅ Specification Validation

Spec validation and completeness check guide.

📋 Table of Contents

1. Validation Framework
2. Completeness Check
3. Consistency Check
4. Implementation Comparison

1. Validation Framework

Validation Dimensions

Validation Checklist

- [ ] Are all use cases defined?
- [ ] Are error cases specified?
- [ ] Are edge cases considered?
- [ ] Is acceptance criteria clear?
- [ ] Are dependencies defined?
- [ ] Are there non-functional requirements?

2. Completeness Check

Required Sections

## Spec Completeness Template

### 1. Overview
- [ ] Problem statement
- [ ] Goals ve objectives
- [ ] Success metrics

### 2. Functional Requirements
- [ ] User stories / use cases
- [ ] Input/output specifications
- [ ] Business rules

### 3. Non-Functional Requirements
- [ ] Performance requirements
- [ ] Security requirements
- [ ] Scalability requirements

### 4. Technical Details
- [ ] Architecture decisions
- [ ] API contracts
- [ ] Data models

### 5. Edge Cases & Errors
- [ ] Error handling
- [ ] Fallback behavior
- [ ] Validation rules

Gap Analysis

Missing: [Field Name]
Impact: High / Medium / Low
Recommendation: [Recommended Action]

3. Consistency Check

Cross-Reference Matrix

Conflict Detection

## Conflict Report

**Conflict ID:** C-001
**Location:** API Spec vs UI Spec
**Description:** 
- API: `email` field max 100 chars
- UI: `email` input allows 255 chars

**Resolution:** Align to 100 chars (API standard)

4. Implementation Comparison

Spec vs Code Comparison

# Endpoints defined in Spec
grep -r "POST\|GET\|PUT\|DELETE" spec.md

# Endpoints present in Code
grep -r "@Post\|@Get\|@Put\|@Delete" src/

# Compare
diff spec_endpoints.txt code_endpoints.txt

Implementation Status

Specification Validation v1.1 - Enhanced

🔄 Workflow

Source: IREB Requirements Engineering & IEEE 29148 Standard

Phase 1: Structural Integrity (Completeness)

• [ ] Template Compliance: Does spec document comply with defined template (e.g. Volere, IEEE 830)?
• [ ] Missing Sections: Are mandatory sections (Security, Performance, Error Handling) skipped?
• [ ] TBD Check: Are there any "TBD" (To Be Defined) or "???" left in the document? Search and clean.

Phase 2: Content Quality (Clarity & Consistency)

• [ ] Ambiguity Audit: Replace vague expressions like "Fast", "Beautiful", "As much as possible" with measurable values like "Under 200ms", "Material Design", "99% uptime".
• [ ] Term Consistency: Are different terms used for the same concept? (e.g. User vs Customer). Create Glossary.
• [ ] Conflict Check: Are there contradictions between business rules? (e.g. "Everyone can see" vs "Only admin can see").

Phase 3: Verify & Validate

• [ ] Traceability: Does every requirement have a source (Business Goal) and a test (Test Case)?
• [ ] Stakeholder Approval: Did all relevant stakeholders (Dev, QA, Product) read and approve the document?
• [ ] Feasibility: Did technical team give "This is doable" approval?

Checkpoints