Performing impact analysis
Perform an impact analysis to view items related to requirements and understand the impact of a requirement change before you make it.
1. Click the Traceability tab when you are viewing or editing a requirement.
2. Click Impact Analysis and select an impact type.
- Forward Impact displays items directly and indirectly impacted if the requirement changes.
- Backward Impact displays related items that may directly or indirectly affect the requirement if changed.
The impacted items are displayed.
Tip: Arrows in the Relation column can help you determine how items are related. A solid arrow indicates the items are linked. Linked items are only displayed if the link definition allows dependent items to be marked as suspect. A dashed arrow indicates the items are related in a document.
3. Select an item and click View Item to view it or Edit Item to edit it.
4. Click
Tip: If you determine that changes impact items related to the requirement, you may want to mark the items as suspect. This adds a flag to the items to indicate they should be reviewed. See Marking items as suspect.
