Creating an RQM from a Word Document

You can create an RQM from a Word document by exporting it from within Word or importing it from within PowerDesigner.

1. In PowerDesigner, select File > Import > Word Document, navigate to the document to be imported, and then click Open.

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   In Word, with the document open, select Requirements > Create/Update a Requirements Model, or click the Create/Update a Requirements Model tool.

   If PowerDesigner is not presently open, it will be launched at this time, and the Import Requirements Wizard opens:

   
   
   
2. Choose whether you want to:

   • Import requirements from document headings (default), and/or

   • Import requirements from document tables

   You can also specify that the document will from now on be linked to the Rqm, enabling easy synchronization of the two.

3. Click Next to go to the next screen:
   
   
   
4. This screen lists requirement models open in the PowerDesigner workspace. You can select an existing model or create a new one by clicking the New tool.
5. Click Next to go to the next screen. If the selected model is not saved you will be prompted to save it now:
   
   
   
6. This screen lists all the headings available in the Word document. All are selected by default. You can deselect and reselect headings using the tools above the list. When your selections are complete, click Next to go to the next screen:
   
   
   
7. If there are tables in your document and you have selected to import requirements from them, this screen lists the tables and invites you to specify mapping between any unresolved table headings and their equivalent requirement attributes in the RQM. If there is no suitable attribute, you can choose Extended Attribute, and PowerDesigner will create a new extended attribute to hold this column's entries. You can also specify a heading to insert before the table.
8. Click Next to go to the next screen:
   
   
   
9. This screen allows you to link values in any column that you have mapped to a boolean attribute to true or false for that attribute. Select an appropriate value for each pair of values in each boolean column, and then click Next to go to the next screen:
   
   
   
10. This final screen invites you to save your current settings as the default. Click Finish to begin the import.

    The RQM is created in the PowerDesigner workspace, and the Files folder in the Browser contains the file of the linked Word document:

    
    
    

• Links Between an RQM and a Word Document
  If you select to create a link between the RQM and Word document during the import process, then they will be synchronized and can be updated when either changes.