DUNE Requirements Management
moo 無 reqs

This is a cryptic example of moo unless you happen to be a DUNE collaborator and many details are omitted.

For the next big document we will make some changes in how we manage reqs. The definitive reqs info will reside in a set of plain-text file managed in a Git repository. These files will follow a simple syntax based. From these definitive files we will produce spreadsheets, LaTeX tables for includes to documents and possibly other formats

Each "domain" will be responsible for one file that contains the list of the reqs relevant to their area of DUNE. Each req will be provided as a set of named attributes and their values:

specification

a terse, preferably numeric statement that provides the constraint of the req.

label

a short word uniquely identifying the req in the context of the domain.

description

a brief explanation needed as background or to otherwise understand the specification.

rationale

a brief justification for the existence and particular constraint given in the specification.

validation

a word or phrase naming the method that the specification may be validated.

Each attribute name shall be exactly as typed here and each value shall be short, informative text possibly interspersed with markup functions as described below.

In the most plain form, a record would look like this example:

{
    label: "DAQ-readout",
    description: "The DAQ shall be able to accept the continuous data stream from the TPC and Photon detector.",
    specification: "1.5 TB/s per single phase detector module",
    goal: "",
    rationale: "Specification from TPC and PDS electronics",
    validation: "ProtoDUNE",
}

The full list of reqs is simply a comma-separated concatenation of each req.

[
{ /* ... */ },
{ /* ... */ },
]

Tour of the available templates

• latex tables
• csv files

• how to generate spreadsheets, latex
• how to integrate into build system