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IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next

Prevent the creation of duplicate links during change set delivery by detecting and consolidating logically identical links created independently in separate streams or change sets

When multiple users work in parallel and independently create the same link between two artifacts, delivering those change sets back to a shared stream can result in duplicate links being created. Although the links have different internal identit...

ERM : "Link Validity" and changing an artifact's type

Configuration: ERM 7.0.3 iFix020 Use case: 1/ Create the traceability link: "Requirement -- Satisfies --> Need"2/ Set "Link Validity" to "Valid"3/ Change the "Requirement" type to "Information"4/ "Link Validity" does not change state and remain...
20 days ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

Fill collection by artifacts shown in a view / modular view

It would be advantageous to have an option to add artifact shown in a view to a specific collection. E.g. from view drop down menu as an additional option

Support Import OSCAL Standard

The German Government sets requirements needed to meet by companies developing information systems. These requirements will be provided in the OSCAL Standard from the newest Version "Grundschutz++" going forward. With more and more IT-Security req...

Show whether an attribute in a view can't be modified because of missing permissions or because the attribute is not available for this artifact type

When a user wants to modify an attribute in a view which can't be modified, there is no difference in the message between missing permissions or this artifact type doesn't have this attribute. It would be helpful for the user to know whether he/sh...

Make collapsed areas in selected artifact sidebar more visible as expandable

Users often mistaken or do not realize that the areas in the selected artifact sidebar window (e.g. Artifactlinks, Comments, ...) as not clickable since they are greyed out and that usually means a button can't be clicked. There is no indication f...

Provide the Architecture Elements reference links to be used as filtering criteria within DNG

Currently there is no possibility in DNG to filter for those 4 link types (Derives, Refines, Satisfy and Trace Architecture Element)Many Requirement Engineers request to be able to filter if the Architect already created a link to a requirement.
28 days ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 0 Future consideration

Change sets history information about delivery is missing in DNG

Context: I work in a highly certified context (aerospace) where traceability of data is essential Problem: I do not know who delivered a Change Set in DNG, and when. This is problematic in many scenarios & use cases, where users need to know...
4 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 0 Future consideration

Enhance public type system APIs to include missing parts

The already available public APIs for modification of type system like artifact types, attributes, data types, link types… are already allowing access to the main parts of type system. Nevertheless, there are some parts missing: Link constraints: ...
17 days ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 0 Future consideration

Incoming Links Need An Option To Work Like 7.0.2SR1

We have upgraded from 7.0.2SR1 to 7.1SR1. We are a large enterprise user. We have a module towards the top of the System V, where modules at the lower level link to this module. We'll call it Module A. Module A has incoming links from Modules B an...
4 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 4 Future consideration