Overview

 

By themselves, Use Case Scenarios are not considered to be complete Requirements specifications. To fully document Use Case specifications, you must also link them to non-functional Requirements and Business Rules. TopTeam allows you to link Requirements and Business Rules to the Use Case or to individual steps within a Use Case.

 

Refer to Link Requirements and Business Rules to Use Case Steps for information on how to link Requirements to specific steps of a Use Case.

 

To link Requirements to a Use Case, follow these steps:

 

 

Go to the Requirements Tab on the Use Case editor.

 

 

 

Adding and linking a new Requirement to the Use Case

 

If you discover a new Requirement or Business Rule while editing a Use Case, you can quickly add it to the Repository and link it to the Use Case in a single step using the Requirements tab.

 

 

To create a new Requirement and link it to the Use Case, follow these steps:

 

Click New and choose a Requirement Type.

 

 

 

 

A Requirements editor will appear. Choose the destination Requirements Document for this new Requirement. Enter a Title and a Description for the Requirement and click Save. The application will create the Requirement in the selected Requirements Document and simultaneously it will also create a Traceability link to the current Use Case.

 

 

 

The new Requirement will appear in the Requirements tab of the Use Case.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linking an existing Requirement with the Use Case

 

If you find that an existing Requirement or Business Rule is applicable to a Use Case, you can quickly link the existing record to the Use Case using the Requirements tab.

 

 

To link (or associate) one or more existing Requirements with the Use Case:

 

On the Requirements tab, click Associate.

 

 

 

A window appears listing all existing Requirements in the Project. Select one or more Requirements and then click Ok. The application will create a Traceability link from the Requirement(s) to the current Use Case.

 

 

 

The linked Requirement(s) will appear in the Requirements tab of the Use Case.

 

 

 

 

You can view the Trace links from the Traceability tab and also add or delete Trace links if required.

 

 

 

 
Step Complete

 

You have now successfully linked Supplementary Requirements and Business Rules to a Use Case.

 

Complete this step for every Use Case in the Project and then proceed to the next step.