The Rational RequisitePro user interface is designed to assist you in accessing your RequisitePro projects and requirement artifacts. The following figure and descriptions provide a brief introduction to the application environment.
When you start RequisitePro, the Open Project dialog box appears, which enables you to select a project to work with or to create a new project. Click the Existing tab to select a project from your project list, or click the New tab to create a project. You can add or remove projects on the project list and choose to open projects in read-only or exclusive permission mode. The Open Project and Create Project dialog boxes are also available through the File > Open Project and File > New > Project commands.
The Explorer is RequisitePro’s primary navigation window. In this window, project artifacts (documents, requirements, views, and packages) are displayed hierarchically in a tree browser. Project information is organized in packages, which are units of related artifacts. The project’s root package is displayed as the project node, and the contents of each root package are displayed beneath it.
When you select an artifact, a description of it appears in the window below the Explorer. You can use the Explorer to access, view, and edit your project artifacts. For example, you can double-click or right-click a view or a document to open it; you can select requirements and edit them; and you can drag and drop artifacts between packages. The Explorer reflects saved changes made to an open document, view, or requirement.
When upgrading older RequisitePro projects that do not contain packages, RequisitePro organizes requirement artifacts in the following default package structure:
You can create and delete packages in order to organize your project artifacts in a way that meets your team's needs. For example, you can group documents, requirements, and views in packages by feature, component, or team. Move artifacts between packages by dragging and dropping them or changing the Package setting in the artifact's Properties dialog box.
In Microsoft Word, a floating toolbar presents common RequisitePro document functions. You can drag this toolbar to an edge of the Word workspace to "dock" it there. The RequisitePro menu is still available in Microsoft Word. Other menus have been changed to optimize the menu structure.
For more information on using the RequisitePro environment, refer to Quick Tour and the full RequisitePro online tutorial, the online Help, and the manual Rational RequisitePro User's Guide.
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