1. Detailing Requirements with Requisite Pro
Month Day, Year

2. Agenda Training Plan Overview Review UCs & ADs
Detailing Requirements with Requisite Pro
Concepts
Setting Up
XDE Integration
Associating other requirements
Creating views
Review Homework
Next Steps

3. Training Plan Overview
Introduction
Using Rational Administrator
Using ClearCase
Using ClearQuest
Using Rational Rose XDE
Identifying & Creating Use-Cases – Part 1
Identifying & Creating Use-Cases – Part 2
Detailing Requirements with RequisitePro
Actors and Use-Case Diagrams
Sequence and Statechart Diagrams
Collaboration and Class Diagrams
Integration and Development with the .NET Framework

4. Review – UCs and ADs Models Packages – used to organize the models
Business
Business Analysis
Use-Case
Analysis
Design
Implementation
Deployment
Packages – used to organize the models
Logical breakdown of model elements
Supports model management

5. Review – UCs and ADs Use Cases Describes activities
5 basic types of diagrams
Use-Case
Activity
State
Sequence
Collaboration
Text Requirements
Other Media

6. Review – UCs and ADs Identifying Use Cases - Analysis Steps
Identification
Create a new package, use case, and related diagrams for the identified sub-use case
Organization
Hierarchy
Levels of Abstraction
Activity Diagram
Definition: Defines the workflow associated with the use case
Context
Detail

7. Review – UCs and ADs Activity Diagram Model Elements Start State
End State
Activity
Decision
State Transition
Regular
Transition To Self
Horizontal and Vertical Synchronization
Note
Note Anchor
Text

8. Review – UCs and ADs Activity Diagrams Model Elements Types Events
Regular
With States
With Swimlanes
With Object Flows
Model Elements
Events
Actions
Stereotypes
Conditional Threads
Guard Conditions
History States
Nested Activities
Transitions to Self
Decision Guards
States
Decision Merges

9. Review – UCs and ADs

10. Review – UCs and ADs

11. Review – UCs and ADs States
Defines a condition of an object in which it performs some activity or waits for an event

12. Review – UCs and ADs Swimlanes
Allow assignment of activities to the organizational units or roles

13. Review – UCs and ADs Object Flows
Used to show how business entities are created and used in a workflow

14. Review – The Models Business Use-Case Model Business Analysis Model
Describes processes of a business as a number of different business use cases, each of which represents a specific workflow in the business
Business use-case describes the performance of a sequence of actions that produces a valuable result to a particular business actor
Business Analysis Model
Describes how business use-cases are realized within the business object model, in terms of collaborating objects
Use-Case Model
Describes processes of a system as a number of different use cases, each of which represents a specific workflow in the system
Use-case describes the performance of a sequence of actions with a system that produces a valuable result to a particular actor
Analysis Model
Describes how use-cases are realized within the system object model, in terms of collaborating objects

15. RequisitePro - Benefits
Manage project requirements comprehensively
Promotes communication and collaboration among team members
Reduces project risk

16. RequisitePro - Features
Tool combing power of a database and Microsoft Word.
Requirements documents that are dynamically linked to a database
Powerful sort and query capabilities
Requirements
Organize
Prioritize
Trace relationships
Manage requirement change
Track changes
Captures the change history for each requirement
Paper audit
Visually indicate how changes affect the project
Perform real-time impact analysis
Informed decisions
Scope management
Resource allocation

17. RequisitePro - Basic Concepts
Requirements Management Plan
Guidelines for establishing the requirements
Documents
Requirement Types
Attributes
Traceability

18. RequisitePro - Basic Concepts
Requirements
A condition or capability to which a system must conform
FURPS+ model
Functionality
Usability
Reliability
Performance
Supportability
Design constraints
Implementation requirements
Interface requirements
Physical requirements.

19. RequisitePro - Basic Concepts
Requirement Types
Features
Use-cases
Supplementary Specifications
Requirement Attributes
Priority
Status
Stability
Document Types
Glossary
Vision Statement
Views
Attribute Matrix
Traceability Matrix
Traceability Tree

20. RequisitePro - Basic Concepts
Requirement Types
Use-Case
Stakeholder Request
Feature
Supplementary
Glossary Item

21. RequisitePro - Basic Concepts
Attribute Types
Feature
Priority
Type
Status
Difficulty
Stability
Risk
Planned Iteration
Actual Iteration
Origin
Contact Name
Enhancement Request
Defect
Obsolete
Stakeholder Request
Priority
Origin
Glossary
None

22. RequisitePro - Basic Concepts
Attribute Types
Supplementary
Priority
Status
Difficulty
Stability
Risk
Origin
Contact Name
Enhancement Request
Defect
Obsolete
Use-Case
Property
Priority
Status
Difficulty
Stability
Risk
Affects Architecture
Contact Name
Planned Iteration
Actual Iteration
Enhancement Request
Defect
Obsolete

23. RequisitePro - Basic Concepts
Document Types
Vision
Overall view of the system
Main characteristics
Major features
Key stakeholder needs
Key services provided
Glossary
Consistent terms to express requirements
Use-Case Specification
Functional requirements in sequence
Sequence of actions performed by a system that yields an observable result of value to a particular actor
Functional software requirements
Supplementary Requirement Specification
Requirements that cannot be tied directly to any specific use case
Nonfunctional requirements
Design constraints
Test Plan

24. RequisitePro - Basic Concepts
Views
Attribute Matrix
Requirement vs. Attribute
Illustrates the relationships between requirements and their attributes

25. RequisitePro - Basic Concepts
Views
Traceability Matrix
Requirement vs. Requirement
Illustrates the relationships between requirements of the same or different types

26. RequisitePro - Basic Concepts
Views
Traceability Tree
Requirement vs. Requirement
Displays all internal and external requirements traced to or from a requirement

27. RequisitePro - Advance Features
Archiving
Baselining
Identifies activities and one version of every element visible in one or more components
Created at project milestones
Cross-Project Traceability
Establish traceability between requirements that reside in different projects
Manage requirements common to multiple projects
Discussion Groups

28. RequisitePro – Create Database
Start RequisitePro
Select New tab
Select Use Case Template and click OK.

29. RequisitePro – Create Database
The Rational RequisitePro Project Properties dialog appears.
Enter “ClassProject1” in the Name box.
Enter “C:\Program Files\Rational\RequisitePro\Projects\ClassProject1” in the Directory edit box.
Select “MS Access” as the Database type from the drop down list.
Enter “Class project” in the Description edit box.
Click OK
Click Yes
Close RequisitePro

30. RequisitePro – Associate Model
Start XDE
Open model
Right click in Model Explorer, select AppliedProfiles, click the eclipses (…), and checkmark the RequisitePro profile
Select Tools, Rational RequisitePro, Associate Model

31. RequisitePro – Associate Model
Associate Model To RequisitePro Project dialog opens
Click Browse next to the Project File field

32. RequisitePro – Associate Model
Browse to RequisitePro project file with .rqs file extension
Select the file
Click Open

33. RequisitePro – Associate Model
Select Use Case Specification from Default Document Type drop down list
Select Use Case from Default Requirement Type drop down list
Click OK

34. RequisitePro – Create Association
Right click a use-case
Select RequisitePro, New Association
Select RequisitePro, Association Requirement
A Requirement Properties dialog appears with the Attribute tab selected
Select values from the attribute drop down lists

35. RequisitePro – Create Association
Select the General tab
Use-Case Name displayed in Text edit box
Enter additional text, graphics, and objects that are included as part of the requirement, up to 16,000 characters
Enter the Name
Use the use-case name
Click OK

36. RequisitePro – Edit Association
Right click a use-case
Select Requirement Properties, Open
The Requirement Properties dialog appears with the Attribute tab selected
Select tabs and edit as necessary
Click OK

37. RequisitePro – View Association
Right click a use-case
Select View RequisitePro Association
The RequisitePro Association dialog appears
Click OK

38. RequisitePro – Other Requirements
Stakeholder Requests
Any type of requests a stakeholder might have on the system to be developed or any type of external parameter to which the system must comply
Results of stakeholder interviews
Results from requirements elicitation sessions and workshops
Change Request
Statement of work
Request for proposal
Mission statement
Problem statement
Business rules
Laws and regulations
Legacy systems
Business models

39. RequisitePro – Other Requirements
Features
Abilities based on the benefits listed in your problem statements
Examples
FEATURE1: Ability to save and restore sort and filter criteria
FEATURE2: Ability to save a RequisitePro document as a Microsoft® Word® document.
FEATURE3: Ability to see deleted requirements in a view window.

40. RequisitePro – Other Requirements
Supplementary Specifications
System requirements that are not readily captured in behavioral requirements artifacts such as use-case specifications
Legal and regulatory requirements, and application standards
Quality attributes of the system to be built, including usability, reliability, performance, and supportability requirements
Other requirements such as those for operating systems and environments, compatibility with other software, and design constraints

41. RequisitePro – Other Requirements
Glossary
Provide a consistent set of definitions
Analysts
Project-specific terms
Clearly define business rules
Ensure that requirement specifications make correct and consistent use of those terms
Developers
Terms defining defining the design and implementation classes, database tables, user-interfaces…
Course developers and technical writers
Training material and documentation using recognized terminology

42. RequisitePro – New Requirements
Business Goal
Describe the desired value of a particular measure at some future point in time and can therefore be used to plan and manage the activities of the business
Attributes
Property Name
Brief Description
UML Representation
Business Rule
Define a specific constraint or invariant that must be satisfied by the business
May apply always (invariants) or only under a specific condition
If the condition occurs, the rule becomes valid, and must therefore be complied with.
Do not conflict
Present an accurate picture of the principles that govern the way business is done
Attributes
Structural Constraints
Behavioral Constraints

43. RequisitePro – New Requirements
Interface
Requirements
Graphical
Accessibility
Branding
Non-Graphical
Programmable

44. RequisitePro – Requirement Linking
Concepts
Traceability
Traceability is the ability to trace a project element to other related project elements, especially those related to requirements To
Lists requirements to which the selected requirement is traced.
From
Lists requirements from which the selected requirement is traced

45. RequisitePro – Requirement Linking
Two Requirements
Different
Can be same
Select Use-Case
Right click and select Properties
Select the Traceability tab
Click the Add button in the From section

46. RequisitePro – Requirement Linking
Select the Requirement Type from the drop down list
Select the Location from the drop down list
Database Only
Select the Requirement
Click OK

47. RequisitePro – Requirement Linking

48. RequisitePro – Views View Types Attribute Matrix Traceability Matrix
Requirement vs. Attribute
Illustrates the relationships between requirements and their attributes
Traceability Matrix
Requirement vs. Requirement
Illustrates the relationships between requirements of the same or different types
Traceability Tree
Displays all internal and external requirements traced to or from a requirement

49. RequisitePro – Views
Default Views
Use-Case Template

50. RequisitePro – Attribute Matrix
Add View
Right click a package
Select New, View
View Properties dialog appears
Enter Name
Enter Description

51. RequisitePro – Attribute Matrix
Select View Type from drop down list
Select Row Requirement Type from drop down list
Optionally select Private
Click OK

52. RequisitePro – Attribute Matrix

53. RequisitePro – Attribute Matrix
Change View
Right click view and select Displayed Attributes
Displayed Attributes dialog appears
Click All or None and CTRL click individual attributes to select
Select an attribute and click Move Up or Move Down to change display order
Click OK

54. RequisitePro – Traceability Matrix
Add View
Right click a package
Select New, View
View Properties dialog appears
Enter Name
Enter Description

55. RequisitePro – Traceability Matrix
Select View Type from drop down list
Select Row Requirement Type from drop down list
Select Column Requirement Type from drop down list
Optionally select Private
Click OK

56. RequisitePro – Traceability Matrix

57. RequisitePro – Traceability Matrix
Filters
Right click upper left view corner and select either Query Row Requirements or Query Column Requirements
The Select Attribute dialog appears
Select a filter attribute
Click OK

58. RequisitePro – Traceability Matrix
The Query Requirements dialog appears
Select the filter attribute values
Select the Sort Order
Select the When Traced
Click OK

59. RequisitePro – Traceability Matrix
Click Add to repeat with additional attribute filters
Select a Query Criteria and click Modify to change
Select a Query Criteria and click Remove to delete
Click Move Up or Move Down to set order
Optionally select Retain Hierarchical Display
Click OK

60. RequisitePro – Traceability Tree
Add View
Right click a package
Select New, View
View Properties dialog appears
Enter Name
Enter Description

61. RequisitePro – Traceability Tree
Select View Type from drop down list
Select Row Requirement Type from drop down list
Optionally select Private
Click OK

62. RequisitePro – Traceability Tree

63. Next Steps Homework Classes Ahead Homework Model
Continue to explode assigned packages
Create a ReqPro Database
Associate with XDE Model
Add Use-Case Requirements
Classes Ahead
Actors and Use-Case Diagrams
Sequence and Statechart Diagrams
Collaboration and Class Diagrams
Integration and Development with the .NET Framework