xuse requirements & use case management News

The maven plugin for Xuse is now available at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xuse/files/maven-2-xuse-plugin/01.00.00-RC2/

The distribution now includes some scripts to aid installation of Xuse files in your local repository.

The Xuse team are delighted to announce the second release candidate for version 1.0 of Xuse.

This release builds on the previous releases - in particular it provides:

1.] Updated documentation showing how to create and use the trace-report feature.
2.] Added new schema that describes the format of an external artefact trace report.
3.] Updated DTD for stock content that is included via XInclude.
4.] Added warning if the Graphviz version is not supported. Older versions of Graphviz may not produce the correct rendering for SVG images - currently need Graphviz version 2.22+ (relates to issue #3001693)
5.] Fixed PDF image rendering issue under Linux. Changed SVG incorporatio to be a instream object to solve path resolution issues (issue #3001697).
6.] Incorporated remaining Slovak phrases. Translations courtesy of Tomas Klacko.
7.] Fixed minor annoyance regarding the validation report (issue #3001577).
8.] Incorporated remaining German traslation. Courtesy of Florian Haag.... read more

The Xuse team are delighted to announce the first release candidate for version 1.0 of Xuse.

Improvements include:

1.] Updated generic upgrade framework, and XSLTs for simple upgrade from version 0.3 to 1.0.
2.] Fixed activity diagram scaling issue in PDF version of use-cases.
3.] Fixed the issue where an orphaned actor was being displayed on use-case package diagram. Also slightly modified the layout routine.
4.] Fixed issue where the use-case navigation was not being correctly created in some circumstances.
5.] Fixed the schema validation routine to include all documents rather than just the vision document.
6.] Fix to prevent an existing project being overwritten by the "new-project" command.
7.] Fixed stack trace if Xuse is used in an incorrect location.
8.] Fixed it so that PDF links are created first time the "xuse" command is used.
9.] Fixed issue with broken links for deeply nested document sections (issue #2992096).
10.] Imported German translation and fixed some issues with the internationalisation framework - many thanks to Florian Haag for the German translation.
11.] Added theme creation and installation goals for ease of theme creation and installation.
12.] Finished fairly major overhaul of the xuse themes and improved ease of theme creation.
13.] Fixed maven defect (#2986549) raised by jesusoviedo.
14.] Fixed defect (#2984386) raised by jesusoviedo
15.] Updated the trace report import routine such that it is now working.
16.] Added Slovak translation to Xuse. Many thanks to Tomas Klacko for contributing the translation.... read more

The xuse team is pleased to annouce another snapshot release for the 00.03.00 version. This release includes many new goodies notably CSV export and automatic use-case package and use-case sequence diagrams.

Please see the downloads section for the latest Snapshot release (xuse-00.03.00-SNAPSHOT-2009-05-04.jar) of the upcoming 00.03.00 release. Many of the features expected in the final version are present but have not undergone full QA. New features include:

1.] Improved HTML view (100%)
2.] New themes (100%)
3.] PDF for use-cases (80%)
4.] CSV import (90%)
5.] Support for vision documents (70%)
6.] Support for SRS documents (70%)
7.] Improved validation and validation report (95%)
8.] Upgrade tool (0%)
9.] Updated Maven tooling (0%)... read more

A new user guide has been created. Work is still ongoing but it should (hopefully) be useful in its current form.

Version 00.02.00 of Xuse is finally available. This release fixes a couple of defects that were found in 00.02.RC3.

Adds maven 2 support for Xuse.

New release candidate available that fixes a couple of defects and introduces HTML themes, xuse.properties and more.

The first release candidate for the second milestone release of Xuse is now available for download: this release adds support for actors, stakeholders, project glossary and provides an integrated HTML model for ease of navigation.

Xuse 00.02.RC1 should be available soon - I am just doing some testing to make sure it hangs together before making it available as a release candidate. Please check back soon for developments...

The first (minor) milestone release of Xuse is available for download. This version allows users to create a requirements model with use-cases and a requirements repository - the model can then be published in HTML format.

The release comes with support for direct running of Xuse as well as a Maven plugin. Both types of installation support an example project that should allow end users to get up and running quickly see the installation instructions for more details (http://xuse.sourceforge.net/install-guide.html).

An early release of Xuse is now available for download. This version of the release is able to support the creation/addition of requirements and use-cases as well as an HTML published view of the information.

Within the (Maven plugin) build tool there is also the option to create a new project from a template to get you up and running quickly.