Chapter 3 Building a Requirements Model

Design Objects (RQM)

Design objects are objects defined in other types of PowerDesigner models:

Business Process Model (BPM)
Conceptual Data Model (CDM)
Physical Data Model (PDM)
Information Liquidity Model (ILM)
Object-Oriented Model (OOM)
XML Model (XLM)

These objects can be an additional source of information about requirements, either in the making of a requirements model, or as a result of a requirement satisfaction.

You can perform several actions concerning design objects in a requirements model:

Attach design objects in other models to a requirement – see "Linking Requirements with Design Objects" in the "Working with a Requirements Model" chapter
Export requirements to other models as design objects – see "Exporting Requirements as Design Objects" in the "Working with a Requirements Model" chapter
Import design objects in other models as requirements – see "Importing Design Objects as Requirements" in the "Working with a Requirements Model" chapter