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Tool Vendor Challenge

19 September 2006Jim Vita - Process and Deployment

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Solution Approach

Build System Spec

Review & Analyze Problem Statement

Develop Exploratory Questions/

PlaceholderAnswers

Decompose Requirements

Define Function Flow Define Views, Searches,Reports

Define Operational

Context

Import Customer Problem

Statement

Generate Question/Answer Excel Live output

Define Constraints

Link Requirements

Define Interface

Requirements

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Import Problem Statement

Create Working Folder

Structure

ImportProblem

Statement into folder

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Import Problem Statement

Select WordDoc

Select Req type to import and any special key Words

to parse by

Parsed Requirements

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Import Problem Statement

Requirements intact

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Create Exploratory Questions and Placeholder Answers

Create Question

Notes

Link to Answer Notes

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Generate Questions/Answer Excel Live Output

Customer Enters

Response

User Defined Live Excel

Report

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Define Constraints and link Answers to Constraint objects

Answer Linked to

Requirement waiting for customer

input

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Define Context

Create Contextual Hierarchy

Export Hierarchy to

Visio

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Define Context

Connect up with

interfaces

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Develop Functional Flow Block Diagram

Create Function Flow block diagrams or other diagram types the same

way

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Decompose Functions Further

Lower level diagram can be crated from with in TcSE or from with in

Visio.

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TcSE Properties can be modified from within Visio

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Link Requirements to Functions

End Link In VISIO

Start Link in TcSE

TcSE Updates

Live

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Define Interface Requirements and Link to Functional Interfaces

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Develop Interface Reporting

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Define Views

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Build System Specification

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Build System Specification

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Build System Specification

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Output System Specification

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