Patent ID: 8195492
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing a project for a customer, said method comprising: developing business requirements of the project, including reviewing the business requirements for acceptability in accordance with business requirements review (BRR) exit criteria; developing system requirements of the project after the step of developing business requirements, including reviewing the system requirements for acceptability in accordance with system requirements review (SRR) exit criteria, said business requirements being decomposed into the system requirements; developing component requirements of the project after the step of developing system requirements, including reviewing the component requirements (CR) for acceptability in accordance with component requirements review (PDR) exit criteria, said system requirements being decomposed into the component requirements; developing component designs compatible with the component requirements and developing test plans for testing the component designs after the step of developing component requirements, including reviewing the component designs and test plans for acceptability in accordance with critical design review (CDR) exit criteria, said component requirements being decomposed into the component designs and the test plans; a processor of a computer system generating a computer readable Rrequirements Traceability and Verification Matrix (RTVM); said processor storing the RTVM in a computer readable storage device; providing the RTVM as input to each of the BRR, SRR, and PDR, said RTVM depicting hierarchical relationships between the business requirements and the system requirements, said RTVM further depicting hierarchical relationships between the system requirements and the component requirements; updating the RTVM with verification information relating to the business requirements, after the BRR exit criteria have been determined to be satisfied and before the step of developing system requirements has been initiated; updating the RTVM with verification information relating to the system requirements, after the SRR exit criteria have been determined to be satisfied and before the step of developing component requirements has been initiated; updating the RTVM with verification information relating to the component requirements, after the PDR exit criteria have been determined to be satisfied and before the steps of developing component designs and developing test plans have been initiated; and updating the RTVM with verification information relating to the component designs and test plans, after the CDR exit criteria have been determined to be satisfied.