Where should we document conflicts?

Documenting conflicts effectively is essential for managing project requirements and ensuring clear communication among stakeholders. The requirements issue log serves as a centralized repository specifically designed to track issues related to requirements, including conflicts. By maintaining a requirements issue log, teams can document, monitor, and resolve conflicts systematically, providing a clear overview of all outstanding issues.

The issues documented within this log typically include detailed descriptions of the conflict, the parties involved, potential impacts on the project, and the status of resolution efforts. This approach ensures that conflicts are not only recorded but also addressed in a timely manner, facilitating better decision-making and prioritization in the requirements management process.

The other options do not serve this specific purpose as effectively. The system requirements specification documents the overall requirements for a system, but it does not focus on managing conflicts directly. Entity relationship diagrams provide a visual representation of data and relationships but do not capture conflicts. Use cases outline interactions between users and the system, but they do not help in tracking or resolving conflicts either. Therefore, the requirements issue log is the most appropriate choice for documenting conflicts.