Reverse Traceability
Using RMsis,
- Requirement Manager can easily track requirements and test cases associated with a given JIRA artifact.
- 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.
Artifact Links
- 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.
Â