Resetting requirement status

After you review any updated requirements, you can reset the requirement status to normal.

Before you begin

Before you can reset updated requirements, you must have already imported the requirements into IBM® Rational® Quality Manager.

About this task

After you import requirements, the requirements can be updated in the requirements management tool. When you later synchronize with the requirements management tool, these updated requirements are flagged in the View Builder window so that you know that the requirements have changed. After you review the updated requirements, you can reset them to "normal."

To reset the requirement status:

Procedure

  1. To view the requirements in the View Builder, point to Requirements (Requirements), and click View Requiirements.

    The imported requirements are listed with a Status of "normal."

    Requirements with normal Status

  2. Update some requirements in the requirements management tool.
  3. Synchronize with the requirements management tool.

    In the following figure, Feature 2 is flagged as having been updated.

    Updated requirement

  4. Optional: Open the updated requirement in Rational Quality Manager to verify the change.
  5. In the View Builder window, select the requirement, and click the Reset the Requirement Status icon.
  6. Click Yes.

Results

You can see the following aspects of the updated requirement:


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