One Repository. Every Artifact. Complete Traceability.
TopTeam’s All-in-One Universal Repository unifies all your project artifacts from requirements to risks, test cases to regulations into a single, connected source of truth.
- No more scattered documents
- No more version confusion
- Just clarity, collaboration, and complete control
Why it Matters
Modern systems are complex. Teams are cross-functional. Artifacts are everywhere.
When project information is scattered across spreadsheets, emails, documents, and disconnected tools:
Teams lose time searching for the latest version
Traceability breaks down
Audit readiness becomes a nightmare
Collaboration suffers
A unified repository brings it all together—ensuring consistency, visibility, and integrity.
What is the All-in-One Universal Repository?
TopTeam’s Universal Repository is a centralized, structured, and highly configurable environment where teams can store and manage:
Business needs, requirements, user stories
Use cases, diagrams, models, prototypes
Test cases, execution results, defects
Compliance rules, standards, regulatory mandates
Change requests, risks, assumptions, decisions
Components, interfaces, variants
And everything else in between
All artifacts are richly linked, version-controlled, and accessible with precise permissions.
Key Features
Supports All Artifact Types
- Store any kind of project or system-related record
- Fully customizable record types, fields, and forms
Rich Cross-Linking
- Link requirements to risks, test cases to standards, decisions to changes
- Navigate traceability in context-rich views and diagrams
Visual Modeling Built-In
- UML, SysML, BPMN, mockups, use case diagrams and more
- Link diagrams directly to textual artifacts
Structured Organization
- Projects, packages, folders, libraries organized your way
- Multi-project visibility with controlled reuse
Access Control and Audit Trails
- Role-based permissions, full audit logs, version historyole-based permissions, full audit logs, version historyole-based permissions, full audit logs, version historyole-based permissions, full audit logs, version historyole-based permissions, full audit logs, version historyole-based permissions, full audit logs, version history
- Digital signature support for regulated environments
Benefits
Single Source of Truth: Avoid duplication, silos, and outdated info
Better Team Alignment: Everyone works off the same dataset
Improved Quality & Compliance: Built-in traceability, baselines, reviews
Time-Saving Navigation: Follow trace links instead of hunting through files
Enhanced Innovation: Quickly connect dots across disciplines (e.g., link a requirement to a risk, then to a mitigation, then to a test case)
Problems Solved
Disconnected tools leading to misalignment
Lost time due to manual traceability and artifact tracking
Poor change control and auditability
Hard-to-reproduce decisions and system behavior
Ineffective reuse and duplication of effort
Only with TopTeam
With TopTeam, you don’t just get a repository you get:
A deeply integrated system engineering and business analysis platform
Support for agile, waterfall, or hybrid processes
Built-in visual modeling, branching, reuse, AI assistance, and QA
A OneView interface that combines document-style comfort with structured power
No other tool gives you this level of flexibility, traceability, and breadth—without compromise.
Use Cases
Systems Engineering
Define and trace components, interfaces, and design decisions
Agile Delivery Teams
Link user stories to acceptance criteria, tests, and bugs
Regulated Industries
Maintain traceability across requirements, regulations, risks, and tests
IT Projects
Link business needs to system specs, change requests, and deployment packages
Product Line Engineering
Use shared libraries for components, reuse across multiple products
Traceability Auto-Creation
Traceability Auto-Creation derived artifacts are automatically linked.
Centralized Repository for All Types
Store every artifact type—requirements, designs, test cases, risks, diagrams, documents—in a single, unified repository
Ensure end-to-end traceability across the entire project lifecycle
Eliminate silos and disconnected tools
Fully version-controlled, with configurable record types and relationships
Hi-Fidelity Rich Text Editor
Express complex requirements using bullets, tables, images, links, and even equations (LaTeX supported)
Embed live diagrams and traceable references right into the content
Capture every nuance clearly with Microsoft Word-like formatting power
Enables seamless collaboration and document clarity
Advanced Use Case Scenarios
Author main flows and alternate scenarios with intelligent auto-numbering
Link business rules, wireframes, and other artifacts directly into flow steps
Automatically generate activity diagrams and test cases from use case flows
Simulate flows visually for better stakeholder understanding and feedback
User Story
Document user stories with acceptance criteria, constraints, and linked business rules
Automatically trace acceptance criteria to requirements and rules
Generate test cases from stories using built-in automation or AI
Keep stories agile, traceable, and complete
SOS Diagram (System of Systems Diagram)
Visualize system-to-system relationships and architecture at a high level
Link systems, subsystems, and interfaces directly to artifacts in the repository
Understand dependencies and structure in complex, distributed environments
Business Process Diagrams
Design BPMN 2.0-compliant workflows with rich formatting and drill-down views
Link each process step to requirements, rules, or artifacts
Auto-generate from textual descriptions or use wizard-driven modeling
Validate process diagrams with built-in BPMN standards checker
SysML Diagrams
Model system behavior, structure, and requirements using SysML 1.5-compliant diagrams
Includes Activity, Requirement, Block Definition, Internal Block, State Machine, and more
Link SysML elements to repository artifacts for full traceability
Ideal for systems engineering applications
UML Diagrams
Comprehensive support for UML 2.5 diagram types including Class, Sequence, Use Case, State, Component, and more
Visualize architecture, interactions, and design logic
Linked directly to textual artifacts, requirements, and trace models
Keep your technical designs connected and discoverable
Wireframes
Build low-fidelity prototypes using a drag-and-drop widget library
Link screen elements to business rules and requirements for full traceability
Define navigation flow and simulate end-user journeys
Capture feedback early and iterate faster
Quality Assurance
Author test cases manually or auto-generate from requirements, user stories, or use cases
Organize tests into suites and configurations for planned execution
Log real-time test results, defects, and evidence (screenshots, logs, etc.)
Trace every test step back to the original requirement for complete QA coverage
Risk Management
Document risks, causes, mitigation actions (FMEA, FUSA, etc.) in a structured way
Link risks to requirements, features, and test cases to ensure visibility
Perform impact analysis and demonstrate compliance in regulated industries
Integrated into the same repository for end-to-end traceability
Mind Maps
Brainstorm ideas, requirements, and risks visually in collaborative sessions
Convert map elements into live, linked repository artifacts with one click
Insert mind maps into meetings, wikis, or requirements for richer context
Ideal for JAD sessions, design discussions, and innovation workshops
Minutes of Meeting
Document attendees, agenda, and decisions with embedded traceable links
Instantly convert text into new requirements, issues, or action items
Create a traceable record of origin for every decision or requirement
Share professional reports in Word/PDF for formal communication
WYSIWYG Document-Like Editor (OneView)
Edit and view artifacts in a natural, document-style layout
Perfect for specifications, reviews, and baselines
Combine the look of Word with the structure of a real repository
One-click export to PDF or Word for formal documentation
Hierarchical Spreadsheet Artifacts Editor
Spreadsheet-style editing with full support for artifact hierarchies
Bulk edit fields and attributes across structured requirements
Apply views, filters, and in-place editing for power users
Ideal for structured authoring and high-volume updates
FAQ
Q: Can we configure artifact types and structure to match our methodology?
A: Absolutely. Every artifact type, form, relationship, and workflow is configurable.
Q: Does it support document-style views?
A: Yes! TopTeam’s OneView lets you read, edit, and review artifacts in a familiar document-like interface.
Q: Can we control who sees or edits what?
A: Yes robust roole-based access controls are built in.
Q: Is traceability automated?
A: Yes. You can define trace rules, auto-generate trace links, and even create matrices or diagrams on the fly.
Q: What about integrations?
A: TopTeam integrates with Jira, Azure DevOps, and other tools to synchronize records while preserving rich detail and traceability.