1. Session 3232: Traceability and Linking with CaliberRM Leigh Crawford Project Leader Dunn Solutions Group

2. Agenda Why Trace? CaliberRM’s role in effective requirement tracing Built-in CaliberRM traceability tools Linking to other artifacts besides requirements Putting it all together

3. The Importance of Tracing Provides a forward and backward view into a requirement, from onset to implementation and testing Eases requirements change management Scope creep seems to be contagious –Tracing provides a key mechanism to demonstrate the potential scope of any change The impact of one small change can cause a ripple throughout the entire development cycle

4. Forward and Backward Tracing

5. CaliberRM and Tracing CaliberRM has a highly robust tracing functionality Tracing is very simple –Simply “drag and drop” to create a trace There are several tracing tools built-in providing several ways to create, view, and modify traces UI identifies “suspect links” that occur due to requirement changes

6. CaliberRM Traceability Tools Traceability Diagram –Highly visual representation of impact of a requirement change –Provides a branched view of the links between requirements and all other artifacts –Allows user to navigate through linked artifacts to view full affect of traces –Can be customized to display key fields

7. CaliberRM Traceability Tools Traceability Matrix –Provides a highly visual view at requirement coverage –Can be used to perform requirement coverage gap analyses –Filterable and printable –Views can be saved and reopened

8. What can I link to? Caliber permits links to almost anything Frequently used integrations are: –Other requirements –SCM tools –StarTeam –Together –TestDirector –Segue SilkPlan/SilkCentral –MS Project Other integrations can be built via the CaliberRM SDK

9. Linking to Other Requirements Link to other requirements to show: A parent/child relationship A cause/effect relationship Requirements that might be suspect if the root requirement changes.

10. Linking to SCM Tools The SCM linking allows you to link to source files in StarTeam, Visual SourceSafe, or PVCs.

11. Linking to StarTeam: Enhanced The StarTeam Integration is different from the SCM integration This integration permits you to link to any: –Project –File –Change Request –StarTeam Requirement –Task –Topic

12. Linking to Together Together traceability happens within the Together client CaliberRM is launched within the Together UI Traces are setup the same way as in CaliberRM

13. Linking to TestDirector In CaliberRM, the user can link to any TestDirector project. A user can link to Test Plan or Test Lab The trace displays the current status

14. Linking to Segue SilkCentral CaliberRM links to SilkCentral Test Plans or Test Runs The trace displays the status and the last run date Any link done in CaliberRM is propagated back to SilkCentral and vice versa

15. Linking to MS Project

16. Questions?

17. Thank You! Session #3232 Traceability and Linking with CaliberRM Please fill out the speaker evaluation You can contact me further at … lcrawford@dunnsolutions.com