Requirements Import

[BlueProdigy]

Maybe this exists because I'm still evaluating the product (we're actually going to purchase now), but for teams that use an Agile Development tool such as TFS, Rally, or VersionOne, it would be great if the requirements/stories could be entered in the model and exported to a spreadsheet for import into the Agile tool, or vice/versa.

I know in larger teams and distributed teams you probably have someone doing the modeling and someone handling the team and maybe re-entering requirements/stories may not be a huge deal (but I would also assume the projects are much, much larger), but in smaller teams the modeler and manager are typically or could be the same person, double entering all the requirements data.

Like I said...maybe this already exists.

[beginner]

There's a DOORS importer you can purchase. We use DOORS but had to write our importer via an add-in. Via the API you can do almost anything you need to do. The main issue was the synchronization. We used tagged values to identify the DOORS elements. The simple csv-import is simply too simple to be used. Synching is essential.

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[Geert Bellekens]

If you are looking for an EA import tool, have a look at the VBA Excel Importer I published a while ago on the community site.

Geert

[Coder]

I tried the evaluation version of MDG Link for DOORS and don’t see how it can import traceability information into the EA model. The help file only mentions EA’s own Requirements Management. Is there a way to import  DOORS requirements among with traceability links either with the MDG Link or via a script utilizing the EA API?

Also, I successfully imported requirements from DOORS into a new EA model and can see them in the Project Browser but none of them appear in the Element List window. Is that normal?