IRqA® 2.1

INCOSE survey

 

© TCP S.I.

June, 2002

 

 
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.....................................