Software Project Templates

a GOVERNMENT set of docs is going to cross every t and dot every i.
bureaucrats are good a writing detailed specification sheets, at least these ones were nice enough to make them freely available as templates. :)

with the nature of software projects, no template will be perfect.
But these will be a great starting point, they are from a government, the undisputed kings of detailed specifications and requirements.
[ and over spending among other things ;)

The whole idea was to let people know reasonably well detailed document templates are available, so if they need somewhere to start, they have something to work with.

sharing little things like this part of what we come here for? :)

good templates for the documentation we need in most aspects of IT are gems that improve by the sharing.

Having a nice neat document template that is used to document the project requirements is a very good first step. But being trained in how to elicit, document, and manage business/project requirements would be a whole lot more productive, IMHO. Too many people think that just because they have a PM tool like MS Project or Evolution, that they can now manage a development project. I cringed when I read the comment on this thread stating that "I suck at planning and scheduling..." and then implying that now that he/she has a template they expect to be so much better. project management and requirements management both require training, skill, and experience to be good at it. Tools just make the professional more efficient and able to do what they already know how to do less time consuming.

As a well seasoned BA, I have yet to see a template that knows how to ask the probing and follow up questions that need to be asked in order to fully understand the underlying business goal, issue, problem that is trying to be addressed. An there are many, many RM tools out there that can be used instead of a template or spreadsheet, but still they are still just tools that need to be properly used.

If you are serious about your professional career, regardless of what area of the project you are involved in, seek out training and possibily a mentor to teach you how to do it right - and this goes for modeling, design, coding, testing, deployment, documentation, etc.

is the rub.
I did find one project management tool set that included the requirements. proprietary, for windows so I had to dismiss it entirely. I only have open source operating systems. Unfortunately, I don't remember what it was called, but I do remember it was found googling project management software