ASCE DOORS plugin Luke Emmet

2 © Adelard 2011 Overview l Background l Screenshots l Conclusions

3 © Adelard 2011 Background l IBM Rational DOORS l A requirements management tool l Often used to manage functional and safety requirements —Also other project data, such as test cases etc. l Users who already use DOORS want to use this as evidence in their safety case l DNR plugin for would be helpful where DOORS is already in use

4 © Adelard 2011 ASCE Plugin l Written by Adelard following feedback and input from users l A DNR plugin providing the following content: l A specific object in a module —Perhaps an important requirement about which a claim will need to be made in the safety case l All objects in a particular module —To track their status l Users want to choose which attributes to be shown —Including custom attributes l Usual DNR facilities provide content change tracking l Content comparison l Navigation from ASCE to DOORS object

Screenshots The following screenshots show the plugin in use

6 © Adelard 2011 A safety requirements module in DOORS

7 © Adelard 2011 Formal module content

8 © Adelard 2011 Using plugin manager to install

9 © Adelard 2011 Safety argument in ASCE

10 © Adelard 2011 Claim about safety requirements being managed

11 © Adelard 2011 Node Editor

12 © Adelard 2011 Insert DNR

13 © Adelard 2011 Initial DNR window

14 © Adelard 2011 Specify path to DOORS module l Path is therefore Path to current folder Name of Formal module /Demo project /Safety requirements

15 © Adelard 2011 Insert path l Press [Refresh] to get list of attributes

16 © Adelard 2011 Choose attributes of interest l Absolute number and Object Text/Heading are always included

17 © Adelard 2011 DNR rendered

18 © Adelard 2011 Inserting a specific object l As above, but specify the object number

19 © Adelard 2011 Rendered DNR

20 © Adelard 2011 Checking for changes

21 © Adelard 2011 Other features l Can use doors:// url for standard navigationa l links l Every module or object has one URL for this object

22 © Adelard 2011 Link to URL l It navigates in the expected way

23 © Adelard 2011 Conclusions l A DNR plugin has been written for DOORS l using standard ASCE facilities l Availability l Will be available for one off £500 per user l Demo available for evaluation —Truncates content (this limitation removed in full version) l Full support provided, as long as ASCE support is in place l Contact for