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Requirements, Verification, and Compliance (RVC) Database ToolThis paper describes the development, design, and implementation of the Requirements, Verification, and Compliance (RVC) database used on the International Space Welding Experiment (ISWE) project managed at Marshall Space Flight Center. The RVC is a systems engineer's tool for automating and managing the following information: requirements; requirements traceability; verification requirements; verification planning; verification success criteria; and compliance status. This information normally contained within documents (e.g. specifications, plans) is contained in an electronic database that allows the project team members to access, query, and status the requirements, verification, and compliance information from their individual desktop computers. Using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) database software that contains networking capabilities, the RVC was developed not only with cost savings in mind but primarily for the purpose of providing a more efficient and effective automated method of maintaining and distributing the systems engineering information. In addition, the RVC approach provides the systems engineer the capability to develop and tailor various reports containing the requirements, verification, and compliance information that meets the needs of the project team members. The automated approach of the RVC for capturing and distributing the information improves the productivity of the systems engineer by allowing that person to concentrate more on the job of developing good requirements and verification programs and not on the effort of being a "document developer".
Document ID
20010021343
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Rainwater, Neil E., II
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
McDuffee, Patrick B.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Thomas, L. Dale
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2001
Subject Category
Engineering (General)
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Astronautical Congress
Location: Toulouse
Country: France
Start Date: October 1, 2001
End Date: October 5, 2001
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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