This document provides a summary of an IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation training course. It discusses key topics covered in the course including requirements management, traceability, collaboration, reuse of requirements, project templates, security roles, and integrated reporting. The course teaches participants how to effectively use DOORS Next Generation to manage requirements throughout the entire project lifecycle.

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How would you answer these questions?
 Have all stakeholder needs been
sufficiently elaborated?
 Are all my stakeholder requirements
addressed by system requirements?
 Which features or system requirements
are assigned to this iteration?
 Which features or stakeholder
requirements are high customer
priorities?
 Which requirements will be affected by a
change?
 Which use cases or user stories are
completed?
 Are any high-priority requirements
blocked by open defects?
 Are any requirements not covered by
development work items or test cases?
 What is the current status of this project?
Some of these answers depend on
how you are working with your
requirements information.
To manage a project, you must be able to
answer questions such as these during the
project lifecycle.

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Key requirements for an RM system and project lifecycle
Granularity
Hierarchy
Traceability
AttributesCollaboration
Reporting
Security
History

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Requirements support the project lifecycle
Change and
configuration
QualityRequirements
Design
Collaboration and visibility between teams is essential to project success.
Architect Engineer Analyst Developer Quality professional Deployment engineer

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• Multi-level graphical analysis
• Traceability views similar to DOORS
System
Requirements
Linked
Subsystem
Requirements
Linked
Stakeholder
Requirements
Traceability

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• View definitions
• Display configurations saved as Views
• User specific or shared across project or
even modules!
Filter definition
– Filter information to make finding information easier
– Compound filters easy to define and change later
– Can be saved as part of the view definition
Analysis (views & filters applied to requirements)

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• Central project based store of requirements information
• Referenced by specifications
• Reuse on an individual basis
• Or as part of a template
Reusing the same requirements
in multiple places
Requirements reuse

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• Harmonized process across your
projects
• Single definition for information
structure
• Artifact types
• Attribute types
• Link types
• Coordinated deployment of
• Project templates
• Module templates
• Artifact template
Project-wide type system

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 Collaboration through
information discussions or by
formal review
 Email notification available for
review updates
 Dashboard widgets to show
review participation and status
Notification to personal dashboard Comments can be
used inside or outside
of a review
Collaboration

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• Requirements updates are monitored and
recorded in history
• See who did what and when
• Record a milestone as a retrievable version
Audit trail

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• Controlling who can see and modify information can be critical
• Control access to data through “Team Areas”
• Controlling which functions are visible can simplify product usage within teams
• Limit who can run functions by defining user roles
• Refine user roles to your specific project needs
Security, Roles and Permissions

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 Share a Jazz foundation server between multiple products
 Simplify administration
 Single point of configuration for users
 Single place for backups and disaster recovery
 Support for COTS databases
 Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 etc
 Integrated systems work closer together
 Example scenarios for RM application & RQM users
 RM application:
• Specifies requirements needing to be tested
• Monitors traceability to tests
• Follows test reviews down into RQM
• RQM User:
• Automatically creates draft tests based on new requirements
• Reviews requirements information from within RQM
• Follows requirements audit trail back to the RM application
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Centrally integrated repository

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Reporting
Built in document generation
 From both web and rich clients
 Essential for customer
communication

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• Supplied as part of core Jazz services
• Task planning and assignment to team members
• No additional license – included with a normal DOORS NG license
• Support for flexible dashboards
• “Show me all the work items assigned to me”
• “Show me progress my team are making towards project plans”
• Show related lifecycle information
• How have requirements been realized by
development?
• Has a requirement been sufficiently tested?
Built in task planning and management

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Resources for DOORS Next Generation
Learn more about DOORS Next Generation here
 DOORS Next Generation Web Page
 DOORS Next Generation Demos
 DOORS Next Generation Datasheet
Whitepaper: Ten Steps to Better Requirements
Management
DOORS Next Generation Web Page
:http://www.ibm.com/software/products/us/en/ratid
oorng
DOORS Next Generation Demos:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZGO0qY
NSD4X757uGAmkWhieGknL4asHl
DOORS Next Generation Datasheet:
http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-
bin/ssialias?subtype=SP&infotype=PM&appname
=SWGE_RA_IR_USEN&htmlfid=RAD14128US
EN&attachment=RAD14128USEN.PDF
Whitepaper: Ten Steps to Better Requirements
Management:
http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-
bin/ssialias?subtype=WH&infotype=SA&appname
=SWGE_RA_RA_USEN&htmlfid=RAW14059U
SEN&attachment=RAW14059USEN.PDF

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