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timasmith@hotmail.com

2006-08-29, 4:09 am

Hi,

Version 1.2 of OSRMT has been released under the GNU public license.
See http://www.osrmt.com for details and download from sourceforge
https://sourceforge.net/project/sho...group_id=165415

Features v1.2

+ Server has html UI for web browser clients
http://localhost:8080/osrmt
+ PostgreSQL support added
+ Upgrade and database migration tool
+ Bundled report writer
+ Custom report creation available
+ Duplicate position security from one position to another
+ Additional controls for customizing artifact forms
+ LDAP Authentication (alpha code)

Minor changes v1.2
+ Artifact new fields: planned version, last modified version,
removed ind, module, origin category
+ Attachment new field: description
+ Custom control new field: html script
+ Artifacts sort by sequence (however no ui added to support sort)
+ Additional export XML options
+ Additional option to generate reports as HTML
+ Select artifacts and from toolbar generate report for selected
artifacts

Bug fixes v1.2

+ User/security changes no longer failed in 3-tier version
+ Admin Position Form security
+ Traceability matrix now reflects dependency direction
+ Traceability matrix performance improvements
+ Tree now refreshes after an artifact is deleted
+ Running reports without selecting a product prints all products
instead of an error
+ Default values not longer populate in empty editor panes for
modified artifacts

Features v1.1

+ Import artifacts from xml format
+ Traceability change impact graph for selected artifact
+ Form titles, button names, control names custom display for
multilingual support
+ Reference management - add/remove/update - appropriately locked
down
+ Required fields enforced
+ Error messages display and are clickable to view system log
+ System admin can create a baseline for all product artifacts
+ Control description displays when on focus
+ Filter list of artifacts
+ Search artifacts
+ Drag artifacts on top of artifacts to create dependency from source
to target
+ Reports use dynamic parameters
+ Updated report content
+ Sequential artifact number generated
+ Many new requirement fields
+ Position management
+ User/environment on title bar - version help about
+ User change password

+ Database transaction support
+ Database connection pooling
+ Date format configurable via application_setting table
+ Import/Export database reference for environment management
+ Database driven custom controls
+ Database system content initialized on login to an empty schema
+ Oracle sql script to create schema
+ MySQL sql script to create schema
+ SQL Server Express sql script to create schema

Features v1.0

+ Multiple environment system login
+ Artifacts partitioned by product
+ User defines artifacts - features, requirements, etc.
+ Custom data entry form tabbed layout
+ Custom data entry form field selection
+ Custom hint text during data entry
+ Attach files or hyperlinks to saved artifacts
+ 2000 character description (database dependent)
+ Custom priority, status, version list per type of artifact
+ Create traced relationships between artifacts
+ Create child artifacts under selected artifact
+ Delete artifact after selecting in tree
+ Drag and drop to organize child artifacts of same type
+ Drag and drop different type artifacts to create traced
relationships
+ Right click remove or browse to add relationships
+ Full history of artifact changes
+ User change own password
+ User forced to change password when admin resets
+ User management
+ Custom menus, toolbars per user
+ Reports (proof of concept)
+ Custom reporting (edit report_summary.txt in storage)
+ Database independence (edit JDBC connection.xml)
+ Operating System independence (Java Swing)
+ Customize reference display
+ System log of recent errors, warnings, messages
+ Traceability matrix
+ Identify untraced artifacts

A Marlow

2006-09-14, 8:00 am

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:03:58 -0700, timasmith wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Version 1.2 of OSRMT has been released under the GNU public license.
> See http://www.osrmt.com for details and download from sourceforge
> https://sourceforge.net/project/sho...group_id=165415
>
This looks good but the user guide and installation manual only seem to
talk about Windoze. Isn't this cross platform? Surely it's not WIndoze
only?

-Andrew

tumma72

2006-09-15, 4:01 am

A Marlow wrote:

> This looks good but the user guide and installation manual only seem to
> talk about Windoze. Isn't this cross platform? Surely it's not WIndoze
> only?
No it is actually written in Java... so it is "virtually"
multiplatform, if you like to have a Web Oriented tool, I used RTH =>
http://www.rth-is-quality.com/ is PHP based and uses mySQL database.

Ciao
ANdreaT

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