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Use the Definition tab to specify the type and status of the requirement and to enter a detailed description.

Field name

Description
Category

An optional group to help organize your requirements. Choose from the list of standard categories:

Business Rule, Change Control, Enterprise Standard, Functional, Non Functional

If desired, you can add custom category values for your project team to use.

Importance

An optional value that indicates the priority of a requirement. Choose from the list of standard values:

1-Critical, 2-Very Important, 3-Important, 4-Desirable, 5-Useful

If desired, you can add custom importance values for your project team to use.

Status

Optionally capture a requirement's development state. Choose from the list of standard values:

New, Pending-Details, Pending-Blocked, Pending-Deferred, Pending-Development, InProgress, Complete, Withdrawn

If desired, you can add custom status values for your project team to use.

External Req. ID

Optionally provide an identifier that tracks (or refers to) this requirement in an external system.
Release

The ID of the target release that implements this requirement.
Iteration

The version of the specified Release that implements this requirement.

Short Description

Required. Provide a brief description of the requirement (typically its purpose). A short description may be updated at any time.
[Requirement Text] Use the rich text editor to enter and format the actual text for the requirement.

 

Expand the Attachments section to review existing attachments. Click Add/Edit attachments to view more options for creating and editing attachments.

 

To create attachments:

  1. Click Select file(s) to browse to a directory on your local system.

  2. Select a single file, or press the CTRL key to select multiple files.

  3. Click Open.

  4. Review the list of pending, new attachments.

    You can update the values in the Description field.

  5. Click Submit to save your changes and close the modal.

Alternatively, you can drag and drop files from an open directory or your desktop to the Drag and Drop Files section of the modal.

 

To edit attachments:

  1. Click the name of an attachment to download it to your local file system.

  2. Edit, save, and close the file.

  3. Click the delete icon to remove the existing attachment from the list.

  4. Follow the instructions for creating an attachment to upload your edited file.

  5. For specification attachments, use the Use as Description? and Include in Documentation? options as needed.

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