Creating a requirements project

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to create a requirements project and import requirements.

Creation of a requirements project in RVC

Introduction

The Project Manager is responsible for the entire requirement valuation process until handover to the Account Manager. Let’s have a look how the Project Manager initiates the requirement valuation process using Requirements Valuation Cockpit (RVC) by CENIT.

Create a requirements project

The requirement valuation process in RVC starts with the creation of a requirements project by the Project Manager. For the creation of the requirements project is required to have a Project Manager, an Account Manager and a Requirements Engineer and it is expected to have a Customer Counterpart.

Steps

  1. Click on Create.

  2. Select Create New Project.

  3. Enter the unique Project ID for identification.

  4. Select the Project Type.

  5. Select the Project Template.

  6. Optionally, describe the Project Scope.

  7. Select the Due Date.

  8. Optionally, choose the Cost Currency.

  9. Optionally, choose the Effort Unit.

  10. Optionally, choose the Decomposer ruleset.

  11. Optionally, choose the Decomposer Language.

    Note

    Requirements in the Requirements project are automatically assigned to their respective department by RVC decomposer component based on their title and description properties. During creation of a Requirements project, ruleset and language of the decomposer needed to be selected.

  12. Select or enter the Requestor and Counterpart email.

  13. Select the Account Manager and the Requirements Engineer.

  14. Confirm with OK.

    An image illustrating the different roles involved in the requirements valuation process (Project Manager, Account Manager, Requirements Engineer, Customer Counterpart) and their interactions

Import requirements

Before the project-specific requirements can be valuated by the responsible Subject Matter Experts of Departments, they must first be loaded into the requirements project via SAP Integrated Product Development (IPD) Requirements Management (RM).

Steps

  1. Click on SAP IPD Requirements Management (RM) and select Open In Requirements Management Editor to open the Requirements Management and Systems Modeling app of SAP IPD in a separate tab

    1. For requirements delivered within a ReqIF file, follow the steps in Importing Requirements from a ReqIF File.

    2. For requirements delivered within a MS Word file, follow the steps in Importing Requirements from a Word Document.

    3. Optionally: Add additional requirements if needed.

    4. Click on Save to save the requirements model.

  2. Change back to the tab containing the Requirements Valuation Cockpit app model view.

  3. Click on SAP IPD Requirements Management (RM) and select Sync from Requirements Management Editor to get the latest changes from Requirements Management and Systems Modeling app of SAP IPD.

    The requirements are listed now in the requirements table in the model view of the RVC app and are assigned to the Requirements Engineer for decomposition process.

    The requirements are listed now in requirements table in the model view of the RVC app and are assigned to the Requirements Engineer for decomposition process

    Note

    Refer to RVC’s User guide for more information

Summary

Let's summarize what you've learned:

  • At the beginning of the valuation process, the Project Manager is responsible for :
    • Creating a Requirements project
    • Importing Requirements to the Requirements project
  • Requirements are imported and initialized through SAP IPD Requirements Management.
  • Each imported requirement is tracked and ready for further processing.

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