Patent Document ID: 6141016
Application ID: 08997917

Base Claim:
1. A requirement input method, comprising the steps of: a) arranging components of a development on a screen of a computer terminal; b) specifying, for each of the arranged components, an attribute information relating to data and procedure to be held by said component; c) designating a procedure call sequence between the components by selecting a procedure from a list of procedures held by the component; and d) generating a scenario including component data and procedure call sequence data on the basis of said attribute information and said selected procedure call sequence.

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Claim 5:
5. A requirement input method according to claim 1, wherein said step c) comprises specifying a data item name and a value corresponding to said data item held by said component holding said selected procedure, and specifying a data item name held by another component in which said value is to be set, and wherein said step d) comprises generating substitution data to provide said value corresponding to said specified data item into said data item held by said another component, and generating data of component on the basis of said component holding said selected procedure and said another component.