IRqA® 2.1
INCOSE survey
© TCP S.I.
June,
2002
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IrqA 2.1 Survey Response
1 Capturing
Requirements/identification........................................ 5
1.1 Input
document enrichment/analysis......................................................................... 5
1.1.1 Input document change/comparison analysis............................................................................. 5
1.2 Automatic
parsing of requirements........................................................................... 5
1.3 Interactive/semi-automatic
requirement identification................................................. 6
1.4 Manual
requirement identification............................................................................. 6
1.5 Batch
mode operation............................................................................................. 6
1.5.1 Batch-mode document/source-link update................................................................................... 6
1.6 Requirement
classification....................................................................................... 6
2 Capturing system element
structure.............................................. 7
2.1 Graphically
capture systems structure...................................................................... 7
2.2 Textural
capture of systems structure....................................................................... 7
3 Requirements flowdown.......................................................................... 7
3.1 Requirements
derivation (req. to req, req. to analysis/text)......................................... 8
3.2 Allocation
of performance requirements to system elements (weight, risk, cost, etc.)... 8
3.3 Bi-directional
requirement linking to system elements................................................ 8
3.4 Capture
of allocation rationale, accountability, test/validation, criticality, issues,
etc.--if so how and what mechanism does it use?...................................................................................................................... 8
4 Traceability analysis.................................................................................. 9
4.1 Identify
inconsistencies (orphans, if so what kind of...).............................................. 9
4.2 Visibility
into existing links from source to implementation--i.e. follow the links............ 9
4.3 Verification
of requirement (was it done, how was done)......................................... 10
4.4 Requirement
performance verification from system elements (roll up of actuals)....... 10
5 Configuration Management................................................................. 10
5.1 History
of requirement changes, who, what, when, where, why, how........................ 10
5.2 Baseline/Version
control........................................................................................ 10
5.3 Access
control (modification, viewing, etc.)............................................................ 11
6 Documents and other
output media................................................ 11
6.1 Standard
specification output (if so what kind)......................................................... 11
6.2 Quality
and consistency checking (spell, data dictionary,)......................................... 11
6.3 Presentation
output................................................................................................ 11
6.4 Custom
output features and markings (user definable tables, figures, security
markings..) 11
6.5 WYSIWYG
previewing of finished output.............................................................. 12
6.6 Status
reporting..................................................................................................... 12
6.6.1 Technical Performance Measurement status accounting........................................................ 12
6.6.2 Requirement progress/status reporting...................................................................................... 12
6.6.3 Other ad hoc query’s and searches.............................................................................................. 12
7 Groupware........................................................................................................ 13
7.1 Support
of concurrent review, markup, and comment............................................... 13
7.2 Multi-level
assignment/access control..................................................................... 13
8 Interfaces to other
tools.................................................................... 13
8.1 Inter-tool
communications...................................................................................... 13
8.1.1 Interfaces to other tools?............................................................................................................... 13
8.1.2 External Applications Program Interface available................................................................ 14
8.1.3 Support Open database system (standard query access)........................................................ 14
8.1.4 Import of existing data from various standard file formats?................................................... 14
8.2 Intra-tool
communication....................................................................................... 14
8.2.1 Exchange of information between same-tool different
installations.....................................