Requirement Properties

The Requirement Properties dialog box contains tabbed pages of properties.

The following tables present the requirement properties and their descriptions as displayed in the Requirement Properties dialog box.

Requirement

The following properties are on the Requirement page.

Name	Displays the requirement name.
Created By	Displays the name of person who created the first revision of the requirement in the view.
Created On	Displays the date on which first revision of the requirement was created.
Attachments	Indicates the number of files attached to the requirement.
Modified By	Displays the name of the last person who last modified the requirement.
Modified On	Displays the date on which the requirement was last modified.
Type	Displays the requirement type.
Owner	Displays the name of person ultimately responsible for the fulfillment of the requirement.
Status	Displays the current status of the requirement. This indicates the progress from submitted to rejected or completed. Note: The status ReadyForCCP means the requirement is ready for review by the Change Control Board.
External Reference	External source or reference for this requirement. This usually is the name of an external customer who asked for the requirement. If you are publishing requirements from CaliberRM to StarTeam, this property displays its identification for this requirement.
Description	Provides a description of the requirement, usually revised over time to eliminate ambiguities.

Responsibility

The Responsibility page lists the people responsible for completion of the requirement. You can add or remove people from the list.

These people will be notified of changes to the requirement if notification is enabled.

Ambiguity Review

The following properties are on the Ambiguity Review page. Reviewers will use the Ambiguity Review page to locate ambiguities in the initial description and revise that description.

Number Of Ambiguities Found	Indicates the number of ambiguities reviewers have found in the initial description of the requirement.
Revised Description	Provides a new, revised description because of ambiguities found in the original description or for other reasons.
Comments	Provides comments stating what the ambiguities are in the original requirement and why you have made the changes to the description.

Estimate

The following properties are on the Estimate page.

Expected Effort	Indicates the expected case estimate for how long it will take to implement the requirement fully. If you are publishing requirements from CaliberRM to StarTeam, these fields will already be filled with data based on a specific unit, such as hours or days. Otherwise, the units are arbitrary, but should be the same for the Low Effort and the High Effort fields, and should be used consistently for all requirements.
High Effort	Indicates the worst case estimate for how long it will take to implement the requirement fully. If you are publishing requirements from CaliberRM to StarTeam, these fields will already be filled with data based on a specific unit, such as hours or days. Otherwise, the units are arbitrary, but should be the same for the Low Effort and the Expected Effort properties, and should be used consistently for all requirements.
Low Effort	Indicates the best case estimate for how long it will take to implement the requirement fully. If you are importing requirements from CaliberRM, these fields will already be filled with data based on a specific unit, such as hours or days. Otherwise, the units are arbitrary, but should be the same for the Expected Effort and the High Effort fields, and should be used consistently for all requirements.

Custom

You can create custom properties for an item which will display in the item Properties dialog box.

The following properties are on the Custom page.

Property	Displays each custom property name.
Value	Displays the values for each custom property. Double-click the property name to edit the value.

Attachments

The Attachments page contains a list of all the files attached to the current requirement.

Comment

The following properties are on the Comment page.

Comment For This Revision	Displays the reason for the changes to the current revision.
Comment For New Revision	Displays the reason for the changes to the new revision.