How to Set up Change Management for Requirements › How to Set Up the Approval Process for Requirements › Activate the Approval Process

Activate the Approval Process

In this section, you verify and activate the approval process.

Important! Verify that the step and actions are correct. After you activate the approval process, you cannot modify the step and actions.

Follow these steps:

1. Optional: Click View Diagram to view a work flow diagram of the approval process.
2. Close the diagram to return to the Requirement:Change Management Process page.
3. Optional: To update the approval step or actions for the process, click Edit.
4. Click Activate to enable the process.

   The process is now active.

Enable Change Management for Requirements

After you have set up the approval process for requirements, you enable Requirement Change Manage from the Administration menu.

Follow these steps:

1. Go to the Administration menu and click Global Configuration.
2. Select the Requirement Change Management check box.
3. Click Save and to complete the request.

The first time that you enable change management, existing requirements are migrated to change management. The status of all existing requirements becomes draft and the version number equals 0.0.

Disable Change Management for Requirements

Disable change management for requirements to discontinue using the approval process for requirements.

When you disable change management for requirements, a background job automatically approves all pending requests.

Follow these steps:

1. Go to the Administration menu and click Global Configuration page from the Configuration menu.
2. Clear the Requirement Change Management check box.
3. Click Save.

   The background job begins approving requirements that have been submitted for approval. You receive a mail notification when the job completes. The following changes occur for approved requirements:

   • The version number of the approved requirements increases by a full version number.
   • The Approval History section is removed from the Requirements Detail page.