scope:

This guide has been written as an applications manual for engineers and others who write test requirements in ATLAS. The initial clauses are intended to provide managers with a brief introduction to the application of ATLAS. This guide is in no way intended to be a substitute for an instruction manual in the ATLAS language; rather it is intended to provide practical support to such a manual.

Purpose

The purpose of this guide is to provide principles of good practice in the use of ATLAS for writing test requirements. This advice has been drawn from practical applications in many organizations and a number of companies that generate test requirements in ATLAS.

Since ATLAS must be capable of communicating complex test requirements, the language has a large vocabulary and appropriate syntax. The guide concentrates on the proper use of the ATLAS syntax and semantics for the generation of unambiguous test requirements. The guide assists in preparing test requirements as well as in writing computer software that will efÞciently process ATLAS test requirements for automatic implementation.