Find Inconsistencies

Find Inconsistencies is a feature available in ValiAssistant. It takes a set of requirements, analyzes the requirement text, and identifies inconsistencies or duplications between requirements. These inconsistencies and duplicates can then be edited in the pop-up before exiting the page. This feature automates the process of revising the consistency between requirements, saving time and eliminating the risk of human error from this tedious process.

Here’s how it looks like:

Access

Currently, the Find Inconsistencies feature can be accessed through the ValiAssistant from 1 location, while in the Requirements Module.

If Find Inconsistencies is started from the top bar button, the Specification or Section that is currently selected will be processed

Steps to Find Inconsistencies

Find Inconsistencies is composed by three main stages: “Pre-loading”, “Review and Edit” and “Confirmation”. These stages are detailed bellow.

1 - Pre-loading

After triggering Find Inconsistencies, the user is informed of exactly how many requirements will be checked by the find inconsistency process and decide if they want to continue.

2 -Review and Edit

At this stage the ValiAssistant has highlighted inconsistencies between 2 or several requirements. These inconsistencies are grouped into categories defined by the AI integration such as:

1. Duplicate - where the requriement texts has the same or similar content

2. Incompatible values - where the requirement text has values that are contradictory in some way.

You can now review the sets of requriements that have been highlighted. You cannot delete requirements in this page.

Press Continue to finalize the wizard to get back to the Requirements table and take care of any suggestions the ValiAssistant gave.

3 - Confirmation

If there are no errors with the requirement modifications, you will see this page signifying that the requirements were successfully updated.