Requirements Generation System

The Requirement Generation System (RGS) is a computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) tool that provides an interactive processing environment to define, control and structure mission requirements. RGS reduces the time and cost of developing requirements by automating many of the activities associated with the development, editing, review, approval and creation of requirements documents. Users can view requirements, import on-line document files, copy text from on-line documentation into requirements definitions, browse parent documents and requirements, and also generate user-tailored reports. RGS was developed using a client/server architecture. All user activities take place on the client machines and all data is stored on a centralized server. This allows geographically dispersed users to concurrently access parts of a document for reading, creating, modifying, or creating notes/comments about requirements for others to read. Requirements once written can be submitted for approval and once approved are automatically included into a final requirements document. RGS provides traceability by linking requirements and other documents together. RGS is also highly configurable so that it can be used to support different requirements development processes.