This topic presents the requirement properties and their descriptions as displayed in the
Requirement Properties dialog box. The
Requirement Properties dialog box contains the following tabbed pages of properties.
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.