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Requirement Properties
Requirement properties differ slightly from the properties of other elements; they include information related to the Type, Status, Difficulty and Priority of the Requirement. The 'Notes' field is also important, as it describes precisely what requirement the element represents. Requirement naming can also require careful consideration and could reflect either a categorical naming convention, or simply a loose English description of the Requirement.
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On a diagram or in the Project Browser, select an element and:
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Design > Element > Manage > Properties |
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Right-click on element | Properties |
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Short Description |
The name of this Requirement, which could include numbering, a plain English description or some other formal specification. If you have set autonaming and autonumbering, and you have already have some text in this field, it is over-written by the auto-counter text. |
Set Auto Naming and Auto Counters |
Alias |
An alias to be used for this Requirement. If you have set Alias autonaming and autonumbering, and you have already have some text in this field, it is over-written by the auto-counter text. |
Set Auto Naming and Auto Counters |
Status |
The current status of this Requirement. |
Color Code Requirements |
Difficulty |
An estimate of the difficulty in meeting this Requirement; select from:
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Priority |
The relative importance of meeting this Requirement compared to other Requirements; select from:
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Author |
The author of this Requirement. |
Authors |
Key Words |
A set of words that could be used to index or define the subject of this Requirement. |
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Type |
The type of this Requirement, typically used as a category for the Requirement. Possible values are defined on the 'Requirements' tab of the 'General Properties' dialog. This field displays a single value. You can click on the drop-down arrow and select a different value if necessary. However, be aware that you can define multiple values for this field, including stereotypes that you create or that are used in integrated or imported MDG technologies. You assign these multiple values using the Properties window for the selected Requirement element, in the 'Stereotype' field. This has two impacts on the 'Type' field:
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Properties Window Requirement Types |
Phase |
The phase of this Requirement. |
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Version |
The version of this Requirement. |
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Last Update |
Read-only field specifying when this Requirement was last changed. |
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Created |
Read-only field specifying when this Requirement was first created. |
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Notes |
The description of this Requirement. |
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