Specification for Specifications

摘要

The Electronics Engineering Department of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory generates about 85 procurement specifications yearly with an average annual value of $5,000,000. These specifications are generated by specific form and format, and by specific methods of writing and handling. This organized procedure, which is called ''Specification for Specifications'', allows two part-time specification editors to handle the needs of the Department. This report is both an overview of the system and a moderately-detailed discussion of Specification writing: it is intended to help specification requestors to understand and use the specification preparation methods outlined. The methods discussed could also be easily adapted to meet the needs of any organization that must list its requirements accurately and efficiently in a specification. (ERA citation 03:019349)