Education / IBM DOORS / Level 01
IBM DOORS fundamentals course
Two days to stop being wary of the tool: data model, modules, links, views and baselines, working on a real database from the first hour.
- Duration
- 2 days (flexible)
- Prerequisites
- None
- Version
- DOORS 9.7.2 and DWA
- Group
- Small
- Format
- On site or live online
- Lab
- One instance per attendee
- Language
- English, Spanish or French
- Materials
- SIXE's own
01 Who it is for
You have just joined a project that already runs DOORS
Somebody handed you an account, a link and a module with three thousand objects. The course is built for exactly that moment: it does not revisit requirements engineering theory, it teaches you to work inside the tool without disrupting everyone else's work.
Systems and software engineering
You write and review requirements daily and need to move confidently through modules, views and links.
Quality and V&V
You work on the test side and have to justify coverage against the originating requirements.
Project management
You do not edit requirements, but you need to read a traceability matrix and understand what a suspect link means.
02 Structure
Two days: concepts in the morning, lab in the afternoon
Sessions are closed and built for each team, so how much weight each block gets is agreed with you when the dates are set. Every afternoon builds on the same sample project, which grows through the course into a complete case with several requirement levels, their tests and a frozen delivery.
Data model and editingDay 1
The first day places the tool: how a DOORS database is organised, which pieces it uses to represent requirements, and how to work inside an existing project without disrupting anyone else. The afternoon is a guided lab starting from real documentation.
Traceability and deliverablesDay 2
The second day moves into links across levels and into what has to be produced at the end: how a version is frozen, how you spot what a change has left pending review, and how the information reaches people who do not have the tool installed.
The detailed syllabus is sent on requestFull programme, lab briefs and attendee material. We send it to the training manager along with a proposed set of dates.
Request the syllabus03 Outcomes
What you will be able to do unaided
Turn existing documents into requirements
Start from the documentation you already have and end up with requirements you can actually work with inside the tool.
Model with your own attributes
Add to the requirements whatever information your project needs in order to classify and track them.
Build views other people can use
Leave the team's views ready to go instead of rebuilding the same filter every morning.
Link and read traceability
Connect requirements across levels and produce a coverage view that shows where the gaps are.
See what a customer change drags with it
Know what gets touched when a higher-level requirement changes, and decide what to review before accepting it.
Produce the deliverable
Freeze the version being delivered and get it to the people who do not work inside the tool.
Attendees take away the course manual, the briefs and solutions for both labs, and the sample project exported so they can reproduce it in your own environment. SIXE has been delivering IBM technology training for over fifteen years.
04 Learning path
After this course
Back to the IBM DOORS training hub to compare the three levels.
05 Frequently asked
Before you sign your team up
01Do I need previous DOORS experience?
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No. This is the entry point of the path and it starts from the data model. If you already know how to create modules and link objects, the right level for you is advanced.
02Do I need a requirements engineering background?
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It helps, but it is not a prerequisite. The course is about the tool; what makes a good requirement comes up alongside the exercises rather than as a theory block.
03Can it be compressed into one day?
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There is a one-day version focused on navigation, views and reading traceability, without authoring or baselines. It suits profiles who consult but do not edit. For everything else, two days is the minimum with a lab.
04Which DOORS version is used?
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DOORS 9.7.2, the classic branch, together with DOORS Web Access. If your environment is on DOORS Next the applicable syllabus is a different one: it is covered at expert level and in our migration services.
05What do attendees take away?
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The course manual, the briefs and solutions for both labs, and the sample project exported so they can reproduce it in your environment.
06Can you run it at our offices?
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Yes. We travel with the lab already built and only need connectivity and one workstation per attendee. We also deliver it live online with an instructor.
Book a date for your team
Tell us how many people you are and where they stand. We will confirm whether the fundamentals level is the right fit or whether a mixed path makes more sense.
Or by phone: +34 91 198 02 43
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