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Requirement vs Implementation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between requirement and implementation

is that requirement is a necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory while implementation is the process of moving an idea from concept to reality in business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.

requirement

English

(wikipedia requirement)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory.
  • Something asked.
  • (engineering) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a)'' be deemed unacceptable, or ''(b)'' result in implementation failure, or ''(c) result in system failure.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "requirement": stringent, complex, reasonable, mandatory, important, financial, medical, educational, physical, chemical * Verbs often used with "requirement": meet, comply with, satisfy, fulfill, impose, waive, abolish, drop, add, remove, fail to meet, ignore, understand, state, specify, increase, reduce, change, modify

    Synonyms

    * (prerequisite) condition, prerequisite, necessity

    Derived terms

    * functional requirement * requirements engineering * requirements analysis

    External links

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    implementation

    English

    (wikipedia implementation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.
    • Now that the requirements are complete we can move on to implementation .
  • (electronics) A result of implementing something; a finished product, system or device.
    • His implementation works, but it needs some fine-tuning.

    Derived terms

    * reference implementation