State-of-the-Art Capability for Requirements Management Tools

SLATE (System Level Tool for Enterprises) (...used by NASA Goddard; Northrop Grumman) An application is modeled as a network of connected requirements and design abstraction hierarchies. Traceablity Links and Translational Mappings (TRAMs) Relationships define connectivity between requirements and abstraction blocks in the design hierarchy. Translational Mappings (TRAMs) define relationships between different system abstraction block hierarchies. TRAMs allow for cause-and-effect relationships among "design disciplines" to be modeled. Sample Screendumps Example 1. A screen of requirements .... Figure 1. Representation of Requirements in SLATE. Example 1. An abstraction block hierarchy with translational mappings among (TRAMs) viewpoints. Figure 2. Representation of Abstraction Block Hierarchy and Translational Mappings (TRAMs) in SLATE.

Section 6-5: April, 2003.