Guideline vs. Requirement — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Guideline and Requirement
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Guideline
A guideline is a statement by which to determine a course of action. A guideline aims to streamline particular processes according to a set routine or sound practice.
Requirement
In product development and process optimization, a requirement is a singular documented physical or functional need that a particular design, product or process aims to satisfy. It is commonly used in a formal sense in engineering design, including for example in systems engineering, software engineering, or enterprise engineering.
Guideline
A statement or other indication of policy or procedure by which to determine a course of action
Guidelines for the completion of tax returns.
Requirement
A thing that is needed or wanted
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Guideline
A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour.
He considered the Ten Commandments more as a guideline than a requirement.
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Requirement
Something that is required; a necessity.
Guideline
A plan or explanation to guide one in setting standards or determining a course of action.
Requirement
Something obligatory; a prerequisite.
Guideline
A light line, used in lettering, to help align the text.
Requirement
A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
There was a requirement of the government on citizens for paying taxes.
Guideline
A formal rule describing how a situation must be handled; - used as a direction to administrators from superiors.
Requirement
Something asked.
Guideline
A light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters
Requirement
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.
Guideline
A detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action;
The president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam
Requirement
The act of requiring; demand; requisition.
Guideline
A rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior
Requirement
That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need.
One of those who believe that they can fill up every requirement contained in the rule of righteousness.
God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements.
Requirement
Required activity;
The requirements of his work affected his health
There were many demands on his time
Requirement
Anything indispensable;
Food and shelter are necessities of life
The essentials of the good life
Allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions
A place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
Requirement
Something that is required in advance;
Latin was a prerequisite for admission
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