Requirements management helps to ensure lifecycle traceability
by allowing you to link the test cases in your test plan with requirements
that have been assigned by product managers, program managers, or
other members of the larger cross-functional team. The ability to
manage your requirements is made easier by the team collaborations
features that are provided.
IBM® Rational® Quality Manager provides
several options for managing requirements.
- You can associate test cases and test plans with requirements
and requirement collections in IBM Rational Requirements Composer.
- You can import requirements from external tools, such as IBM Rational RequisitePro® and IBM Rational DOORS®.
- You can create and manage requirements directly in Rational Quality Manager.
Requirements are implemented as a Rational Quality Manager work
item. As such, you can easily create links to other requirements,
defects, or other work items from the Description or Discussion sections
of a requirement.