Capturing a Customer Specification in MS Word

Requirement Capture is an efficient way to extract and import Chapters, Requirements, and Comments from any requirement specification document authored in MS Word. For Requirements, you can capture not only text but also images and tables. This section will show you how to capture a sample Chapter, some Requirements, and some Comments.

A specification contains Chapters, Requirements, and Comments. Specifications are equivalent to a complete Microsoft Word document; a specification may contain ordered Chapters, Requirements, and Comments.

Chapters are useful in categorizing Requirements, such as performance requirements, user requirements, etc.

Requirements contain Rich Text/graphics/tables and embedded objects that describe a system, performance, customer, user needs, etc.

Comments help with transitions between Chapters or between Requirements. Comments are not Requirements, but are integral to the module and are helpful during the publishing of specification documents.

  1. Capture some chapters, requirements, and comments. See Capturing Requirements from MS Word.

  2. Change any captures prior to import. See Finding Captures.

    Or

    Clear any captures prior to import. See Clearing Captures.

  3. Import the captures. See Importing Captures.

  4. View the imported customer specification in the Structure & Content Editor. See Opening a Specification in the Structure & Content Editor.

    You can also capture the original Microsoft Word document itself. The original document is checked in along with the imported requirements. Requirements Central tracks the attributes of every object identified for capture whether it is imported or not. The Microsoft Word document that is checked into Requirements Central appears as an attachment to the newly created requirement specification.