Changes to ALM Value Lists and Workflows Made by the Integration Tool

When the user enables an ALM project for integration using the PPM-ALM Integration Tool, the tool performs one of the following actions:

  • If the project is new, the tool creates ALM value lists and adds ALM workflow scripts to the user's existing scripts.

  • If the project already exists, the tool updates some of the ALM value lists so that those lists contain the same values as they would for a new project.

The lists and ALM scripts create an ALM project that can work as is with the provided ALM content bundle request types and workflows.

As described in the following sections, the integration tool changes the value lists and workflow enforcement in an ALM project to enable the project for integration.

As part of enabling an ALM project for integration and establishing a field mapping, the integration tool adds two new value lists and adds a new value to an existing default value list in ALM, as follows:

  • New Requirement Status value list, with the following values:

    • New

    • Cancelled

    • Closed

    • 1-Requirements Setup Completed

    • 2-Test Plan Setup Completed

    • 3-Test Lab Setup Completed

    • 4-Running Tests in Quality Center

    • 5-Test Execution Completed

  • New Test Level value list, with the following values:

    • Functional

    • Integration

    • Regression

    • Sanity

  • New default value of Deleted for the existing Bug Status value list

As part of enabling an ALM project for integration and establishing a field mapping, the integration tool updates the ALM project workflow to enforce the following constraints on ALM entities:

  • Defect. The user can make only the following status changes:

    • Fixed to Closed

    • Rejected to Closed

    • Fixed to Reopen

  • Requirement. The user can make only the following status changes:

    • New to 1-Requirements Setup Completed

    • 1-Requirements Setup Completed to 2-Test Plan Setup Completed

    • 2-Test Plan Setup Completed to 3-Test Lab Setup Completed

    • 4-Running Tests in Quality Center to 5-Test Execution Completed

    • 6-Running Sanity Tests in Quality Center to 7-Sanity Testing Completed