What an interface is not. A general rule is that the word “interface” should not be used in a requirement statement either as a noun or a verb. As a noun, it implies the interface is a thing, which it is not – it …

Details the physical interface between two system elements, including the number and types of connectors, electrical parameters, mechanical properties, and environmental constraints.

We have defined an interface modeling pattern using SysML that provides a method for modeling interfaces at different levels of abstraction and detail. This pattern is intended as a framework within …

Software Development Interface Types document provides examples of specific requirements, as well as notations and content for the interface diagram, depending on the interface type.

What is an Interface? An interface sits between you and technology, and nearly every technology has one. Yet when we say the word interface, we inevitably think of the UI between a user and a …

Users should never be surprised by the behaviour of a system. The interface should include mechanisms to allow users to recover from errors. The interface should provide meaningful feedback …

Interface requirements cannot be written in a vacuum, both sides must participate. Yet how to write interface requirements is barely covered in the literature – and what is in the literature is not …