Adding new requirements to documents

You can add requirements to documents and enter the requirement information at the same time. New requirements are added as siblings or children of other requirements in the document.

1. Open the Specification Document window for the document to add the requirement to. Make sure Document View is selected.

2. Select the requirement above where you want to add the new requirement.

Child requirements are added under the selected requirement. Sibling requirements are added at the same level as the selected requirement.

3. Click and select Add Requirement as Child or Add Requirement as Sibling.

The Select Requirement Type dialog box opens.

4. Select a requirement type. Helix ALM includes default requirement types, but your team may use others. See Default requirement types.

5. Click OK.

The Add Requirement dialog box opens.

6. Enter the requirement information. See Adding requirements.

7. Click Add to save the requirement.

The requirement is added to the document. See Modifying requirement documents for information moving requirements and performing other actions on requirements in documents.