You can create associations between HP ALM and the Requirements Management (RM) application in the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Rational Team Concert™ artifacts. You can establish and maintain associations among Rational product artifacts and HP ALM resources throughout the application development lifecycle.
With the adapter, you can quickly switch between HP ALM and Rational applications. Testers who view resources in the HP Quality Center application can open the view of the same resource in the adapter with one click. Similarly, you can easily open resources in HP ALM from the adapter with the Launch HP ALM option on each adapter page, which opens a resource in HP ALM.
Integration of data is enabled by using the Open Service for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) standard, which uses a linked data model. There is no need to synchronize across repositories. The information that you see is not copied, but taken directly from the product repository. For more information about linked data and OSLC, see the related link.
With the rich hover feature, you can view linked HP ALM artifacts from CLM or the Rational HP ALM adapter interface so that you can work from a single interface if you choose.
The interface consists of a set of resource pages where you can work with HP ALM resources that are linked to Rational artifacts. You use the adapter resource pages to view HP ALM resources that are linked to Rational artifacts and to create and delete links between resources and artifacts. The adapter web client provides a live view of HP ALM data. None of the data that you see is copied into Rational applications.
The home page lists projects
that are categorized by domain. The projects are registered to work
with the adapter. For information about setting up project associations,
see the related links. Selecting a domain lists all projects that
are associated with it. You can return to the home page at any time
by clicking the , which shows as part of the adapter banner.
For each project, folders that represent HP ALM modules are shown. Selecting one of the folders shows a summary page for that module. Separate pages for Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, and Defects modules are included.
From a summary page, you can view project information for that resource type. Also, note the set of tabs for navigation to other resource pages, the search window, and the Launch HP ALM button. The information that is shown is taken directly from the HP ALM repository.
Toolbar icons and a supporting script are included in the sample HP ALM project that is included with the adapter for the Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, Manual Run, and Defects modules. To use other HP ALM projects with the adapter, you must enable these toolbar icons and scripts for the adapter. For information about enabling the toolbar icons and scripts for the adapter, see the related links.
Icon | Label | Action |
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RM Dashboard | Opens the Requirements Management dashboard for the associated requirements management project. |
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CM Dashboard | Opens the Change and Configuration management dashboard for the associated change project. |
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Resource Landing Page | Opens the adapter resource page for the HP ALM module you are working in. The adapter resource page can be one of defects, test plan, test lab, manual run, or requirements. |
Link from Requirements Management (RM) application | Link type | Link to HP ALM | Project Association |
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Requirements collection or module | Validated by | Test folder (test cases) | Provides Requirements |
Requirement | Validated by | Test case | Provides Requirements |
Requirements collection or module | References | Requirements folder | Provides Related Requirements |
Requirement | References | Requirement | Provides Related Requirements |
Link from Rational Team Concert | Link type | Link to HP ALM | Project Association |
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Defect | Affects | Test run | Provides Defects |
Plan item (including stories) | Tested by | Test case | Provides Defects |
Work item | Related Change Request | Defect | Provides Related Change Requests |
Change set | Associated change set | Defect | Uses Change Sets |
Plan item | Affected by | Defect | Provides Related Change Requests |
Defect | Block | Test instance | Provides Defects |
Development Plan (containing plan items) | Tested by | Test Folder | Provides Defects |
Work item | Related Defects | Test case | Provides Defects |