Introduction to using Word with Objecteering Scope Manager

Overview

The main purpose of coupling Word to Objecteering Scope Manager is to provide you with a means of marking elements in an existing Word document as being Objecteering Scope Manager project elements. The Word document can then be generated as an XML file, which can subsequently be imported into Objecteering Scope Manager, so as to automatically build the corresponding Objecteering Scope Manager project.

Using the "Objecteering Scope Model.dot" model, it is possible to mark elements in the Word document as being:

· requirement containers

· requirements

· dictionaries

· terms

· goal containers

· goals

· business rule containers

· business rules

Getting started

To be able to prepare your existing Word document for export into Objecteering Scope Manager, the first step is to add the "Objecteering Scope Model.dot" model to the document, as shown in the screenshot below.

Adding the "Objecteering Scope Model.dot" file to your existing Word document

Steps:

1. After clicking on the "Tools/Templates and add-ins" menu in Word, the "Templates and add-ins" window appears. To add the required .dot file, click on the "Add" button. The "Attach template" window then appears.

2. Browse the explorer to locate the "Objecteering Scope Model.dot" file, which is found in the "res" directory of the "Scope Manager" MDAC, which itself is located in the "mdaplugs" directory of your Objecteering installation.

3. Click on "OK".

The result of this operation is shown below.

The "Objecteering Scope Model.dot" model can now be selected

After making sure that the associated tickbox is checked, simply click on "OK" to apply this model to your existing Word document. The result of this operation in Word is shown below.

The Scope Manager icons available in your Word document

Key:

1. The "Scope Manager " tool bar appears in your Word document.