Requirements Management [EA User Guide]

Introduction

Gathering requirements is typically the first step in developing a solution, be it for developing a software application or for detailing a business process. Requirements are essentially 'what the system must do'. The requirements management built into Enterprise Architect can be used to define requirement elements, link requirements to model elements that implement that requirement, link requirements together into a hierarchy, report on requirements and move requirements into and out of model element requirements.

Typical Tasks

Typical tasks you could perform when managing requirements with Enterprise Architect include:

·	Create Requirements

·	External Requirements

·	Color Code External Requirements

·	Internal Requirements

·	Move Internal Requirement to External Requirement

·	Requirement Properties

·	Composition

·	Implementation

·	Requirements Hierarchy

·	Dependency Report