RaQuest

RaQuest is a Requirements Management tool for Enterprise Architect. Requirements Management may be used for managing the requirements of systems and applications effectively. With RaQuest, you can track changes of requirements and manage requirements with a range of features.

Key Features:

• Attribute filtering feature of requirements in matrix: Matrix view is useful to check the coverage. To make it more useful, along with the package filtering, the attribute filtering is introduced to filter the requirements by attribute.
• Combo box in Requirement List to select the ListItem: a combo box is added to the Requirement List for to select the ListItem. It can easily switch the view of the attribute list.
• Button of Requirement Property dialog: update and sequential creation processes are simplified with a button operation.
• Change the format of viewing differences in the update log dialog and Baseline dialog: differences between pre-change and post change in the update log dialog and Baseline dialog are now viewed in a table format.
• The main window has two panes; this consists of a Project Tree view which is used to show the requirements hierarchy and the List view which is used to show Requirement items at a glance.
• Set new Baselines and compare a Baseline with a previous Baseline.
• Glossary feature to manage terms used in the Project.
• Add-in for importing Requirements from MS-Word.

RaQuest - Features

RaQuest is a Requirements Management tool for Enterprise Architect (EA). Requirements Management may be used for managing the requirements of systems and applications effectively. With RaQuest, you can track changes of requirements and manage requirements with a range of features. RaQuest is the ideal tool for the enhanced development of your software applications.

You can not use RaQuest without Enterprise Architect.

Feature highlights

• Define and manage Requirement items, which include the following:
• Summary and Detail
• ID, version and phase
• Due Date
• Type
• Status
• Difficulty, Priority, Stability, and Risk
• Keywords
• User Define Attribute
• File path or URL of Requirements
• Assigned member
• Comments for Requirements
• Update Log
• Relationships between Requirements
• Main window has two panes, This consists of a Project Tree view which is used to show the requirements hierarchy and List view which is used to show Requirement items at a glance.
• Creation of Packages to manage Requirement items.
• Generate documents for the entire project or part of project in the following formats:
• HTML
• CSV
• Word
• Excel
• RTF
• Print list of Requirement items.
• Create 'Change Requirement' for existing Requirement item(s).
• Set the Approve Requirement items.
• Set new Baselines and compare new Baselines with previous Baseline.
• Glossary feature to manage terms used in the Project.
• Add-in for Requirement taking from MS-Word.

Features

List View

• You can show following type of lists:
  • Requirements in any Package or whole project
  • Requirements which are assigned to a specified member
  • Requirements pending Approval
  • To-Do list
  • Files and URL's
  • Requirements with Priority level
  • and much more...
• Sort current list.
• Filter list by specified word.
• Search specified condition in whole project.
• Customize the list elements.
• Colour Requirement items in the list by their status.

Tree View

• You can show following tree types:
• Project Tree
• Member Tree
• Tree by Type
• Tree by Status
• Custom Tree

Tracking Requirements

• Show following types of relationships:
  • Relationship between Requirement items
  • 'Connected' Requirements when a Requirement is changed
  • Relationships between Requirements shown in a Matrix view

Features related to Enterprise Architect

• All information is saved in .EAP file or EA Repository.
• You can modify Requirement items in EA.
• Generate Use Case elements of EA from Requirements and perform synchronization of Use Cases.
• Generate Requirements from existing UseCase elements of EA.
• Generate Requirements from existing Requirement elements of EA.
• Refer and edit relationships between Requirements and UseCases in Matrix View.
• Compatible Glossary feature with EA Glossary.
• Generate Classes from terms in Glossary.
• Members' information is compatible with EA resource.

Future Features

• Define test items related to Requirements.
• Authorize access right to prevent malfunction.
• Select plural Requirements.

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RaQuest - System Requirements

System Requirements

Note: RaQuest needs Enterprise Architect. You can't use RaQuest without Enterprise Architect.

• Microsoft Windows 2000 (32bit, SP4 or later), Windows XP (32bit, SP3 or later), Windows Vista(32bit)
• Enterprise Architect 5.0 or later version (RaQuest Version 2.3 or lower needs Enterprise Architect 4.1 build 737 (or later build), Enterprise Architect 4.5 or later version.)
• 20 MB of available hard-disk space .
• 1024x768 screen resolution preferred for showing lists and manipulate Requirement items - 800x600 useable, 640x480 not suitable.
• RaQuest can't use with Linux.

Enterprise Architect's System Requirements