Day 3- HP ALM Introduction to requirements

Let 's get into modules and start exploring Requirement module first.

What are requirements?

Requirements are the details what need to be resolved/achieved to meet the objectives (from the business users) of your application, which is under development. Business analyst documents these requirements.

 Defining the requirements clearly helps

1.       Provide stakeholders (business) guidelines of the priority.

2.       Set clear expectation between stakeholders.

3.       Cut waste and eliminates unnecessary expense.

Requirement module

     Requirement module will helps you to

• Define the requirement
• Manage the requirement
• Track the requirement

        Requirement scope          
                   

           Determine the requirement scope by gathering following items

• Functional specification
• Technical specification
• Marketing requirement    
• Business requirement
• Stakeholders goal

                     

Requirement scopes are defined in hierarchical framework by creating the requirement tree.  Requirements are grouped by functional and requirement type.  Each group has list of detailed requirements.  Requirement ID (unique alphanumeric ID) is created automatically by ALM when the requirement is created. Requirement ID cannot be modified.   Requirement can have attachments andrich text documents for details. Requirements can be assigned with priorities.  Based on the priorities test plans will be generated.
   
        Requirement types

•      Business type (coverage is added automatically)
•      Folder type (to organize the requirement, coverage cannot be added to this folder)
•      Functional type (system behavioral requirement)
•      Group type (Collection of related requirement)
•      Testing type (System performance requirement)
•       Business model (requirement representing the business model)
•       Undefined (undefined entity)              

     
        Requirement priority level


             Level 1        -        Low priority
             Level 2        -        Medium priority
             Level 3        -        High priority
             Level 4        -        Very high priority
             Level 5        -         Urgent priority

        Import business model (business work flow in form of flow chart)


            This functionality is not available in Quality Center starter edition and ALM performance center edition.  To analyze the quality of your business model, import model created by standard modeling tool.  Business model requirement for the imported business model i s created automatically, and you cannot change the requirement type for the business model requirement.

         Import requirement

              Requirements can be imported from

•    M/S Word
•    M/S Excel
•    Third party requirement management tools

Analyze requirements

            To ensure that requirements meet the requirement scope, requirements should be reviewed by administrator.  Status of the requirements will be

•    Reviewed
•    Not reviewed