Requirements Overview

Requirement Characteristics

The requirements in the upper pane have the following characteristics:

  • They are attached to the folder selected from the folder hierarchy.
  • They match the filter selected from the Filter list.
  • They match the depth specified by All Descendants.

    Tip:  

    • You can click the button on the toolbar or click Requirements > All Descendants.
    • You can click the All descendants button on the Requirements view toolbar.

Icons display to the left of a requirement in the upper pane to indicate its status and whether you have read the latest revision.

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How Requirements Can Help

By using a requirements-driven development processes, companies can prevent consuming, costly misunderstandings and shorten time to market. To accomplish this, you can use the StarTeam built-in requirement component as your basic tool, or publish complex requirements to StarTeam from Caliber. Using requirements enables business analysts, managers, developers, QA staff, and others to:

  • Organize business, user, and functional requirements in a hierarchical format.
  • Indicate the dependencies among requirements.
  • See all layers of requirements at all times.
  • Prioritize requirements by importance.
  • Identify the impact of changes to requirements.
  • Use requirements to estimate work.
  • Identify the person creating the requirement.
  • Notify those who will be responsible for fulfilling the requirements.
  • Track the requirement life-cycle from submitted to completed or rejected.
  • Provide requirements with a context by linking them to files, change requests, and topics.

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