Requirement:
A requirement is a capability that a product must possess to ultimately satisfy a customer need or objective. A requirement tends to be more granular, and is written with the implementation in mind.
Feature:
A feature is a set of logically related requirements that allows the user to satisfy an objective. A feature tends to be a higher-level objective than a requirement.
For example, when designing an Online Bookstore:
- Feature:
- Requirements:
- User shall be able to add books to online shopping cart
- User shall be able to remove books from online shopping cart
- User shall be able to view books in the online shopping cart at any time
- ...
- User shall be able to start his checkout from the shopping cart
Our blog post here addresses this question as well.
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