Adding tagged values to requirements

[pH]

Hi,

I have lot of requirements that have around 10 tagged values. Its time consuming to attach all of them to individual requirements. Is there any smart way by which I can get the tagged values as default when I add a new requirement?

Thanks,
pH

[Oliver F.]

Hi,

I have lot of requirements that have around 10 tagged values. Its time consuming to attach all of them to individual requirements. Is there any smart way by which I can get the tagged values as default when I add a new requirement?

Yes. Take a look at stereotyped elements in UML profiles.
This lets you create eg. a stereotyped requirements element which already holds a set of tagged values upon creation including default values if you want to.

Oliver

[pH]

Thanks for the reply.I am trying your proposed solution. Since I am not very familiar to EA, if you have more detailed steps / info please do share.

Thanks,
pH

[Oliver F.]

Thanks for the reply.I am trying your proposed solution. Since I am not very familiar to EA, if you have more detailed steps / info please do share.

I suggest you make yourself familiar with the process of creating a UML profile with stereotypes. The online help is a rather good source of information.

Basically what you have to do is create a stereotype for requirement elements and associate attributes to it. Afterwards you save it as a UML Profile and deploy it in a MDG technology.
This will create a new stereotyped requirements element which you can drop from your toolbox in the diagrams. All attributes you have associated in the profile will then appear as tagged values.

This sounds a bit strange at a first glance but it includes the keywords you need to look up: MDG technology, UML profile, stereotype and tagged values. Once you get familiar with the terminology you will get a better understanding of what this strange guy is trying to tell you  8-)

Regards,

Oliver

[Dermot]

The whitepaper on Requirements Management covers this process in detail specificaly for requirements "Attributes" - see: http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/resources/whitepapers/index.html

[pH]

Thanks to both of you for your replies. Its working for me.
But there is one exception. When tagged value has enumeration how do we define it as an attribute ? Attribute doesnt allow for multiple values.
What I tried was, I created  a tagged value for stereotype im my UML Profile hoping that it automatically gets applied to the all elements of that type. But it didnt.

Thanks again,
pH

[Oliver F.]

But there is one exception. When tagged value has enumeration how do we define it as an attribute ? Attribute doesnt allow for multiple values.

In your profile create a new class of stereotype "enumeration", name it as you like (here: A). Add each enumeration item as eg. a string attribute.

The stereotype B which is planned to use the enumeration needs an attribute of type "A" (as named above) with an arbitrary name (here: C), give it an initial value.
Save all as a profile.

Afterwards if you create a new element of type B you should be able to see a tagged value C which lets you choose between the elements as defined in the enumeration A.

HTH

Oliver

[pH]

It's Perfect!! . Thank you.

Thanks,
pH

[friehmaen]

Worked fine with a requirement, but does this work for all other elements, too?

I tried to set up a stereotyped master document, which has about 10 predefined tagged values. But i didn't get it.

Thanks and Regards,
khr