PaladinRM User Tutorial

PaladinRM User Tutorial Version 1.1 June 24th, 2005 General Purpose PaladinRM is visualization software designed specifically for representing and manipulating complex relationships between requirements. Instead of visualizing requirements hierarchically (a tree approach), we decided to visualize a network of ents: a graph that holds all the information about the requirements. The graphical representation of the network will help the users to analyze requirements in many different way that were not possible before. For example, it is possible to view all the requirements relationships at the same time. This simple feature was not available before. Figure 1 illustrates this concept. . Figure 1. Requirements Graph. Installation System Requirements: Java Virtual Machine(JVM) Java 1.4 or greater compatible virtual machine must be present. Make sure that the java runtime is in the PATH environment variable. Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, and XP - To set the PATH permanently: Choose Start, Settings, Control Panel, and double-click System. On Microsoft Windows NT, select the Environment tab; on Microsoft Windows 2000 select the Advanced tab and then Environment Variables. Look for "Path" in the User Variables and System Variables. If you're not sure where to add the path, add it to the right end of the "Path" in the User Variables. A typical value for PATH is: C:\j2sdk1.4.2_\bin For further instructions please ...