Establishing the Objectives and Requirements for a Project
The first task in creating a project, after creating and initializing the project is to inventory the objectives involved as well as the requirements imposed, and to connect these to the main organizational and technical components that make up the project scope.
An Enterprise Architecture project is a part of a system whose study is entrusted to a single team, which transforms a system or part of a system to achieve a given objective.An objective is a goal that a company/organization wants to achieve, or is the target set by a process or an operation. An objective allows you to highlight the features in a process or operation that require improvement.A requirement is a need or expectation explicitly expressed, imposed as a constraint to be respected within the context of a project. This project can be a certification project or an organizational project or an information system project.Managing the List of Objectives for a Project
Accessing the Objectives of a Project
To access the list of objectives of a specification project:
1. Open the Requirements Capture properties page of the project that interests you.
2. Expand the Objectives section.
Note that two objective lists are offered:
• the Assigned objectives, that represent the planned objectives within the framework of the project,
• the Achieved objectives, that represent the objectives already reached.
Creating a new objective the current project
To create an objective within the context of a project in progress:
1. In the Current Design Project > Identification of Needs pane, select Objectives.
A list of objectives connected to the project in progress appears.
2. Select the list of Assigned objectives and click New.
The window for creating an objective appears.
3. Enter the name of the objective and click OK.
The objective appears in the list.
Viewing the properties of an objective of the current project
To view the properties of an objective of the project in progress:
1. In the Current Design Project > Identification of Needs pane, select Objectives.
A list of objectives connected to the project in progress appears.
2. Open the properties page of the objective that interests you.
The Characteristics property page of the of an objectives provides access to:
• its Name,
• its Owner, by default during creation of the objective, the current library.
• the text of its Description.
• the Objective type: Qualitative, Quantitative or Other.
• the list of its sub-objectives.
With HOPEX Application Design, an objective is described in the following pages:
• the Scope provides access to the list of components constrained by the objective.
• the Contributors provides access to the list of components that contribute to achieving the objective.
For more details on how to connect an object to the elements of the scope of a project, see Connecting Technical and Organizational Components to Requirements.• the Requirements page provides access to the list of requirements connected to the objective.
A requirement is a need or expectation explicitly expressed, imposed as a constraint to be respected within the context of a project. This project can be a certification project or an organizational project or an information system project.For more details on how to connect a requirement objective, see Creating a Project Objective and Requirement Diagram.Managing the List of Requirements for a Project
Accessing the Requirements of a Project
To access the list of requirements of a specification project:
1. Open the Requirements Capture properties page of the project that interests you.
2. Expand the Requirements section.
The list of requirements appears.
Creating a new requirement for the current project
To create a requirement within the context of a project in progress:
1. In the Current Design Project > Identification of Needs pane, click Requirements.
A list of requirements connected to the project in progress appears.
2. Click the New button.
The window for creating a requirement appears.
3. Enter the name of the requirement and click OK.
The requirement appears in the list.
Viewing the properties of a requirement of the project in progress.
To view the properties of a requirement of the project in progress:
1. In the Current Design Project > Identification of Needs pane, click Requirements.
A list of requirements connected to the project in progress appears.
2. Open the properties page of the requirement that interests you.
The Characteristics properties page of a requirement provides access to:
• its Name,
• its Owner, by default during creation of the requirement, the current library.
• the text of its Description.
• it Requirement Type: Technical, System, Organizational, etc.
• the list of its sub-requirements.
With HOPEX Application Design, a requirement is described in the following pages:
• the Scope and Contributors pages used to access the list of components that are, respectively, constrained by the requirement or that contribute to its fulfillment.
For more details on how to connect a requirement to the elements of the scope of a project, see Connecting an application to a requirement.• the Objectives page provides access to the list of objectives connected to the described requirement.
An objective is a goal that a company/organization wants to achieve, or is the target set by a process or an operation. An objective allows you to highlight the features in a process or operation that require improvement.For more details on how to connect a requirement to objectives, see Associating an objective to a requirement in an objective and requirement diagram.