After you review any updated requirements,
you can reset
the requirement status to normal.
Before you begin
Before you can reset
updated requirements, you must have already
imported the requirements into
IBM® Rational® Quality Manager.
About this task
After you import requirements, the requirements can be
updated in the requirements management tool. When you later synchronize
with the requirements management tool, these updated requirements
are flagged in the View Builder window so that you know that the requirements
have changed. After you review the updated requirements, you can reset
them to "normal."
To reset the requirement status:
Procedure
- To view the requirements in the View Builder, point
to Requirements (
), and click View
Requiirements. The imported requirements
are listed with a Status of "normal."

- Update some requirements in the
requirements management
tool.
- Synchronize with the requirements management
tool.
In the following figure, Feature 2 is flagged
as having been
updated.

- Optional: Open
the updated requirement in Rational Quality Manager to
verify the change.
- In the View Builder window,
select the requirement, and
click the Reset the Requirement Status icon.
- Click Yes.
Results
You can see the following aspects of the updated requirement:
- The requirement is updated and synchronized with the requirements
management tool.
- The Status is changed from updated to normal.
- The suspect status of associated test cases is cleared.