Overview of IBM Requisite Pro

Requisite Pro Overview

As a part of IBMs Rational Suite of software, Requisite Pro is an integrated tool for managing the requirements created during the software engineering process. It combines the simplicity and compatibility of Microsoft Word with the power of the rational tools suite to manage the requirements of the software development process from start to finish. Also, Requisite Pro is a wonderful tool for creating and managing professional documentation for a projects design artifacts. By providing a multitude of views for displaying the requirements of a product and the ability to link development artifacts, Requisite Pro gives development teams the ability to unify their endeavors as they strive towards well-defined and well-managed goals.

Requisite Pros primary features are its:

· Ability to Manage Project Documents Requisite Pro is truly powerful when it comes to document management due to its integration with Microsoft Word. Through the use of custom menus and toolbars in Word, Requisite Pro gives developers the ability to link the descriptions and documentation of specific project requirements from source documents to the managed entities in Requisite Pro. This allows for development teams to share documentation tasks without needing to worry about the changing a managed document; Requisite Pro can immediately detect the changes in a feature list or requirement description and update its internal database accordingly. This means that to project developers, Requisite Pro can relate the changes in project artifacts to the changes made in project documentation. This facilitates communication between team members and creates a more unified development process.
· Relational Association of Design Artifacts By providing a means of linking and organizing software development artifacts, Requisite Pro allows teams to prioritize tasks and track the reasons for decisions made during development. This means that software can be created with many different development life cycles models since from start to finish, the goals, features, and requirements at every stage can be managed effectively.
· Integration with the Rational Suite IBMs suite of Rational Tools, almost a standard in the field of software engineering, is fully integrated into Requisite Pro. For example, UML models created in Rational Rose can be included into the project and managed along with requirements, features, and Word documentation. The power of Requisite Pro doesnt detract from the usefulness of other software engineering tools; it complements them.

Availability:

Rational Requisite Pro is available from IBM by purchase only. There is a trial version available from http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/reqpro/. For full versions, check with a local educational institution (Texas A&M University has Requisite Pro available in select Computer Science labs).

Requisite Pro Shell

Create A new Project

1.Open Rational RequisitePro. The Open Project dialog box opens. Click the New tab.
2.Select the Use-Case Template icon. Note that when you select an icon, a description of that template appears in the text box at the bottom of the dialog box. Click the Details check box to toggle the display of the template description box.
3.Click OK. The Rational RequisitePro Project Properties dialog box opens.
4.In the Name box, type Name of the Project. Filling in the Description box is optional 5.Click OK.

Create a Vision document for your project

1.In the Explorer, expand the Features and Vision package, select the Visiondouble-click it to open it. document, and
Delete the blue text in Section 5 and the bracketed <aFeature> text in 5.1 and press the Enter key.
Select the text below:
     Using Requite Pro
     Understand the basic concepts and terminology.
     Create a new project
     Create a document
     Create Requirements
     Manage Requirements
On the browser, click Edit > Copy. In the document, click the line below 5.1 and click Edit > Paste Special. Select the Unformatted text option and click OK.
Click RequisitePro > Document > Save.

Create requirements in a Document

1. In the Explorer, double-click the Vision document to open it.

Scroll to Sections 5.1 and 5.2. Drag your mouse to select the sentence Create Requirements
Click RequisitePro > Requirement > New. The Requirement Properties dialog box opens
In the Requirement Type list, you select the requirement type to apply to the requirements. Select Feature Requirement Type. In the Name box, type New Requirement and Click OK.
Click RequisitePro > Document > Save.