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Blueprint brandishes new diagrams in Requirements Center


By Jeff Feinman
June 17, 2009 — 
Requirements software company Blueprint Systems is trying to improve visual capabilities for requirements definition in a new version of its business requirements suite.

Blueprint Requirements Center 2010, announced on Monday, offers new business process diagrams that are equipped with swim lanes and decision branches, according to Blueprint executives.

Swim lanes are an element of business process diagrams that display the tasks and decisions of an individual (such as a marketing director) or a department in a business. Decision branches show the decisions made by that individual or department. Blueprint claimed that these capabilities help eliminate errors earlier in the requirements process.

The new version (average price is marked at US$6,000 per user) will be available at some point in the next quarter, the company said.

There is new visual simulation technology in Requirements Center 2010 that enables developers and stakeholders to “visually walk” through all requirements.

“The simulation is multi-aspect, meaning that many aspects, including text requirements, use cases, user interface mockups, data and rules, are integrated,” said Tony Higgins, vice president of product marketing for Blueprint.

“For example, during the simulation, we may choose to emphasize just the user-interface mockups and get a sense of the future application from a user-experience perspective. You could emphasize other aspects instead, depending on the audience and what you’re trying to see.”

Blueprint has also made some improvements to Requirements Center’s search capabilities, embedding the search function into the main toolbar, where it is available at all times. Additionally, requirement documents can now be read using Microsoft Word.


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