Reverse Traceability

Owned by Sanjay Sahani
Aug 16, 2012
2 min read

Using RMsis, Requirement Manager can easily track requirements and test cases associated with a given artifact.

With RMsis 1.4.0 release, it would also be possible to get a list of artifacts associated with a Release.

Artifact Attributes

An artifact has the following attributes:

  • Jira Reference: This field specifies unique key (Jira reference id) of the artifact.
  • Summary: This field specifies brief summary description of the artifact.
  • Artifact Type: This field specifies type of the artifact. Artifact types are automatically synchronized with issue types in Jira.
  • Priority: This field specifies priority of the artifact. Possible values are "Blocker", "Critical", "Major", "Minor" or "Trivial".
  • Status : This field specifies status of the artifact. Possible values are "Open", "In Progress", "Reopened", "Resolved" or "Closed".
  • Due Date : This field specifies the due date specified by Project Lead / Manager for the artifact.
  • Assignee : This field specifies owner of this artifact.
  • Reporter : This field specifies reporter of this artifact.
  • Requirements: This field shows the Requirement Id's, which are linked with this artifact.
  • Test Cases : This column shows the Test Case Id's, which are linked with this artifact.

Artifact Operations

The following operations can be performed:

  • Add Artifact: An artifact can be created by clicking on "Add Artifact" button. A Jira issue panel will be opened to create a new Jira issue. Artifact table will be automatically updated after closing the Jira issue panel.
  • Edit Artifact: An artifact can be edited by clicking in "Jira Reference" column. A Jira issue panel will be opened to edit that Jira issue. Artifact table will be automatically updated after closing the Jira issue panel.
  • Link Requirements: An artifact can be linked to one or more requirements. A requirement can be linked to an artifact by clicking on "Requirements" column for an artifact row. After a panel appears, check on the requirement rows to link requirements.

  • Link Test Cases : An artifact can be linked to one or more Test Cases. A Test Case can be linked to an artifact by clicking on "Test Cases" column for an artifact row. After a panel appears, check on the Test Cases rows to link them.
  • Filters:
    • JIRA issues can be filtered on "Artifact Type", "Priority" and "Status".
    • In order to get a list of issues associated with a release, a user can also choose the JIRA version from the drop-down list.
  • Export as PDF JIRA issues can be exported in PDF format by clicking on the icons shown on top right corner.