Requirements Views

A requirements model contains a set of requirements and other objects, which can be displayed and manipulated in any number of requirements views.

You can create the following kinds of objects in an RQM:

Object

Description

Requirement

A feature that must be provided by the development process, which should be defined as precisely as possible, and can be assigned to a user or group for implementation (see Requirements (RQM)).

User

A person that is involved in the implementation of one or more requirements (see Users and Groups (RQM)).

Group

A group of users that is involved in the implementation of one or more requirements (see Users and Groups (RQM)).

Glossary term

[deprecated] A word used in a requirements model, which should be defined as precisely as possible to avoid misunderstandings and to set a common vocabulary (see Glossary Terms (RQM - Deprecated)).

Business rule

Written statements describing rules that your business must follow (see Business Rules (RQM)).

You can create requirement views to organize your requirements and other objects from the Browser or the toolbar:

You can navigate between requirements views in the Browser or by selecting View > Diagram > Select View to open the Select View dialog box, and double-clicking the view to open.