Measuring Exceptions: Identifying Requirements Missing Relationships to Test Cases

Author: Carmen Santos

Date: July 31, 2024

Audience: Everyone

Products Applicable: Jama Connect®

Use Case

Measuring Exceptions: Identifying Requirements Missing Relationships to Test Cases

Best Practice

In requirements management, all requirements must be covered by corresponding test cases. Instances where some requirements do not have associated test cases may face potential risks. A best practice to measure exceptions is identifying requirements lacking relationships to test cases.

Implementation

In Jama, relationships allow you to establish connections between different item types, such as requirements and test cases. These relationships facilitate traceability throughout the project's lifecycle.

Relationship types can define the nature of these relationships. For example, an organization admin might set up the relationship type "Validated By" to relate a requirement to the test cases that validate it.

An advanced filter can then identify requirements without relationships to test cases using the relationship type criteria.

Here's an example filter to match requirements that have NO relationships that are of the relationship type specified for relationships between requirements and test cases:

This filter will return the list of requirements unrelated to any test cases (the specified relationship type is absent).

To quickly identify and address these gaps, you can make these results visible in a Project Dashboard by using one of these widgets:

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