Trace to Requirements
A trace from test documentation to requirements is used for the following tasks:
- calculating the percentage of requirements coverage by test documentation;
- tracking changes in requirements and reflecting them in the test documentation.
Test scenarios can be created from requirements, directly while reading and analyzing requirements documents (specifications, functional requirements, and so on). Opposite each requirements section there is a green plus button that can be used to create test documentation from the requirement.
To cover requirements with test documentation quickly, use a bulk operation. Select the requirements, mark them with checkboxes, and in bulk operations choose "Create test scenarios". The application creates test scenarios from the requirements and links them to each other.
To assess how complete the traceability of the test documentation is, use the "Backward Traceability of Scenarios" module.
For example, a new Issue can be linked (traced) to a previously implemented Requirement and thus potentially change it. Or a test scenario (test case) can cover (be traceable to) a functional Requirement.
Traces are created automatically while working on project artifacts, for example during the lifecycle of an Enhancement (or a user story). Or traces are set manually.
In the early stages of a project, creating traces manually, for example between Requirements of different levels (types), requires a large amount of manual labor. On the other hand, project documentation changes continuously, which also leads to the need to add or change traces. To save time and reduce the number of errors in this process, ALM implements an automatic tracing mechanism (auto-traces).
Based on the results of the RAG mechanism, ALM performs automatic selection of traces between project artifacts along the key references: Requirements of Issues, test and operational documentation, and so on.
An auto-trace is not set automatically; it requires validation by the user.
When you click the "add" link, the system displays suggestions for creating auto-traces.
In the modules for working with the main project artifacts, the useful modules "Auto-trace for..." are available, where you can see the full picture of ALM's suggestions for auto-traces:
