EARS Templates in QVscribe for Word

Available to those who have QVscribe for Teams, QVscribe assists authors of requirements based on the Easy Approach to Requirements Syntax (EARS), with both EARS templates and a conformance check against these EARS templates.

Within the QVscribe ribbon, QVscribe for Teams users will have access to an EARS templates button. When you want to author a requirement, you can select an appropriate EARS template from the list.

 

When a template is selected it will appear at the cursor location on the document. See the example below.

You can then easily fill in the areas in the template to create a well-structured requirement.

All 12 EARS templates are described in detail below.

EARS Type

Description

Template

Event-driven

An Event-driven requirement is activated when a triggering event is detected at the system boundary

WHEN <trigger> the <system name> shall <system response>

Option

An Option requirement is used for systems that include a particular feature

WHERE <feature is included> the <system name> shall <system response>

State-driven

A State-driven requirement is active while some pre-condition remains true

WHILE <pre-condition> the <system name> shall <system response>

Ubiquitous

A Ubiquitous requirement is continually active

The <system name> shall <system response>

Unwanted behaviour

An Unwanted Behaviour requirement defines the required system response to an unwanted external event

IF <trigger> THEN the <system name> shall <system response>

Complex

A Complex requirement contains a combination of the basic EARS patterns

See table 3 below

 

Complex EARS Template

Label

WHERE <feature is included> WHILE <pre-condition> IF <trigger> THEN the <system name> shall <system response>

Optional feature, state-driven, and unwanted-behaviour

WHERE <feature is included> WHILE <pre-condition> WHEN <trigger> the <system name> shall <system response>

Optional feature, state-driven, and event-driven

WHERE <feature is included> WHILE <pre-condition> the <system name> shall <system response>

Optional feature, and state-driven

WHERE <feature is included> WHEN <trigger> the <system name> shall <system response>

Optional feature, and event-driven

WHERE <feature is included> IF <trigger> THEN the <system name> shall <system response>

Optional feature, and unwanted-behaviour

WHILE <pre-condition> IF <trigger> THEN the <system name> shall <system response>

State-driven, and unwanted-behaviour

WHILE <feature is included> WHEN <trigger> the <system name> shall <system response>

State-driven, and event-driven