Tool Mentor:
Developing a Vision Using Rational RequisitePro
Purpose
This tool mentor describes how to use Rational RequisitePro® to document a
project vision. The Vision document is a general statement of the core project's
requirements, and it provides the contractual basis for the technical
requirements.
Related Rational Unified Process information: Activity:
Develop Vision.
Overview
The Vision document provides a
high-level—sometimes contractual—basis for the technical requirements. There
can also be a formal Requirements Specification. The vision captures very
high-level requirements and design constraints, to give the reader an
understanding of the system to be developed. It communicates the fundamental
"why's and what's" related to the project and is a gauge against which
all future decisions should be validated.
Tool Steps
To document the vision using RequisitePro:
- Create a Vision document
- Create requirements in
the Vision document
The Vision document contains the product features identified in the Activity:
Elicit Stakeholder Requests.
To create a Vision requirements document:
- In the Explorer, select the package in which you want to place the Vision
document, and then click File > New > Document. The
Document Properties dialog box appears.
- Type a name, description, and file name for the document.
- From the Document Type drop-down list box, select "Vision
Document Type." Click OK. The outline for the Vision
document opens in Microsoft® Word.
- Replace the default instructional text with project-specific information.
- Click RequisitePro > Document > Save.
For More
Information
Refer to the following topics in the RequisitePro online
Help:
- Creating a RequisitePro project (Index: projects>creating)
- Creating requirements documents (Index: documents>creating)
Create requirements from product features outlined in the Product Features
section of the Vision document. This enables you to manage requirement
attributes in an Attribute Matrix and helps you track traceability links between
product features and software requirements.
To create requirements in the Vision document:
- In the Product Features section of the Vision document, select (highlight)
the text that defines the requirement.
- Do one of the following:
- Right-click and select Create Requirement.
- Click RequisitePro > Requirement
> Create.
The Requirement Properties dialog box appears.
- Accept the feature (FEAT) requirement type.
- Click the Attributes tab and set the Priority
attribute to one of the provided values (Low, Medium, High). It's a good
idea to record stakeholder priorities when you elicit stakeholder
requirement requests. (See Activity:
Elicit Stakeholder Requests.)
- Select the Origin attribute and select an entry that
represents the originator of that particular feature. This helps you keep
track of the requestors of specific product features, so that you know who
to contact if you need to clarify or negotiate a request.
- Click OK.
- You can repeat these steps for each product feature outlined in the
Product Features section of the Vision document. When you have finished,
click RequisitePro > Document > Save.
To view the requirements and attributes:
- Click File > New > View. The View Properties dialog
box appears.
- Type a name for the view, select the Attribute Matrix
view type, and select the FEAT requirement type, which you
used in your Vision document.
- Click OK. Review your feature requirements and their
attribute values.
For More
Information
Refer to the following topics in the RequisitePro online
Help:
- Creating requirements in a document (Index:
requirements > creating)
- Assigning values to requirement attributes (Index: requirement
attributes > values, assigning)
- Creating views (Index: Views > creating views)
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