Element Scenarios & Requirements

The Scenarios & Requirements window provides a convenient method of quickly adding, viewing, editing and deleting rules applied to an element. The window shows details of the entities that impose such rules or restrictions on the element, namely:

The element's scenarios
The element's internal constraints (not external Constraint notes)
The element's internal responsibilities or requirements

Access

Ribbon	Design > Element > Scenarios > Manage Scenarios
Keyboard Shortcuts	Ctrl+Shift+3

Topics

Topic	Detail	See also
Usage	The Scenarios & Requirements window is typically used to examine Use Case and Test Case elements, and any other elements that realize an external Requirement. For convenience, you can display the window as either a dockable window around the edge of your workspace, or as a view in the center of your workspace (in which the Scenarios, Constraints and Requirements are shown on separate tabs). Use the icon in the window toolbar to toggle between these display options.	Notes

Topic

Detail

Step	Action	See also
1	Select the element in the Project Browser or diagram and select the Scenarios & Rules menu option. The Scenarios & Requirements window displays.
2	Either: Click on the required item in the list panel on the left of the window, or If the Element Browser is not already displayed, click on the icon and select the required item from the Constraints, Requirements or Scenarios folder The appropriate screen displays, with the details of the selected item in the fields.	Element Browser
3	The toolbar icons, from left to right, enable you to: Add a new rule to the current screen (click on the appropriate folder to create an item of a different type) Save the new or edited item Save the current (edited) item as a new item Delete the current item Sort the contents of the selected folder into alphabetical order ('Print' icon unavailable) Display the Element Browser window, or highlight the current item in the Element Browser window Switch between a docked window display and a workspace view display You can also add or edit formatted notes in the 'Notes' field, using the Notes toolbar at the top of the field. The list panel also provides a context menu that provides options for adding a new item to a folder, deleting the selected item or, for a requirement, converting an internal responsibility into an external Requirement element.	Scenarios Constraints Converting an Internal Responsibility Into an External Requirement Notes Toolbar Requirements

See also

Select the element in the Project Browser or diagram and select the Scenarios & Rules menu option.

The Scenarios & Requirements window displays.

Either:

Click on the required item in the list panel on the left of the window, or
If the Element Browser is not already displayed, click on the icon and select the required item from the Constraints, Requirements or Scenarios folder

The appropriate screen displays, with the details of the selected item in the fields.

Element Browser

The toolbar icons, from left to right, enable you to:

Add a new rule to the current screen (click on the appropriate folder to create an item of a different type)
Save the new or edited item
Save the current (edited) item as a new item
Delete the current item
Sort the contents of the selected folder into alphabetical order
('Print' icon unavailable)
Display the Element Browser window, or highlight the current item in the Element Browser window
Switch between a docked window display and a workspace view display

You can also add or edit formatted notes in the 'Notes' field, using the Notes toolbar at the top of the field.

The list panel also provides a context menu that provides options for adding a new item to a folder, deleting the selected item or, for a requirement, converting an internal responsibility into an external Requirement element.

Scenarios Constraints Converting an Internal Responsibility Into an External Requirement Notes Toolbar Requirements