I also had to complete Requirement Documents and Test Plans for my capstone senior project. I agree that it does take a lot of time to complete because of the major details that are involved. However, these documents are definitely necessary when it comes to producing new products especially. For my capstone project, we had to design an apparatus that tested the permeability of drugs through the blood brain barrier. This isn’t a very common device, and my team and I had a very tough time trying to make these documents as comprehensive as possible. However, looking at it from an outside perspective, these very detailed descriptions are very necessary, so that any one can be able to look at it and use it.