Overview & Getting Started

Overview & Getting Started

NSYS Requirements for Jira is a requirements management plugin built natively on Atlassian Forge. It brings a DOORS NG-style requirements management workflow directly into Jira, without external servers, data egress, or complex integrations. All data is stored within your Atlassian environment.

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Key Concepts

Concept

Description

Concept

Description

Folder

Organizational container. Folders can nest inside other folders.

Specification

A Jira issue that acts as a requirements document. Contains an ordered, hierarchical list of requirements.

Requirement

A Jira issue linked into a specification at a specific position and hierarchy level.

Artifact Type

A category of requirement (e.g. "Functional Requirement", "Safety Requirement") with its own set of custom attributes.

Attribute

A custom field mapped to a Jira field. Values are stored directly on the Jira issue.

Installation

  1. Go to Atlassian Marketplace and search for NSYS Requirements for Jira

  2. Click Get it now and select your Jira Cloud site

  3. Once installed, navigate to Apps → NSYS Requirements for Jira from the top navigation

First-Time Setup Checklist

Before using the plugin on a project:

  • [ ] Open Settings and configure the specification issue type

  • [ ] Configure the requirement issue type and create at least one artifact type

  • [ ] Add attributes to each artifact type and map them to Jira fields

  • [ ] (Optional) Configure review settings if using the reviews workflow

  • [ ] Create your first folder and specification