Editing, Reporting and Generating Traceability Matrix in Excel A step-by-step guide for Training Scenario 5

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction... 2 Generating Traceability Matrix... 3 Step1: Accessing the Traceability Matrix through integreat Portal... 3 Step2: Generating the Traceability Matrix... 7 Authoring and Reporting in Excel... 10 Step1: Authoring and designing the report... 10 All rights reserved Page 1 of 16

INTRODUCTION Traceability of Business Requirements against Functional Requirements, Use Cases and Test Cases is a key feature of every successful project. The traceability of the requirements among different tiers of the project is essential for any project that is to be completed on-time with efficient use of allocated resources. SmartExcel4TFS helps users in generating two different types of traceability matrices: Requirements to Test Case Traceability Matrix and Business Requirements Traceability Matrix. The traceability generation process is quite straightforward and is elaborated here. The users can also customize their traceability matrices however this part is not covered in this guide. During the course of this guide we would be working on the same Team Project that we used in Scenario 2. In Step 1 of section 1 we start by accessing the Traceability Matrix through integreat Portal. Step2 deals with generating the Traceability Matrix. Section 2 elaborates how to author and design a new report in MS-Excel All rights reserved Page 2 of 16

4. Navigate to the Traceability Matrix folder Select the file click the Open option. 5. Click on the Launch Application Button. 6. Click Yes Button on the warning message box. All rights reserved Page 5 of 16

2. To edit any of the Work Items click on its ID to open it in an editable window. 3. Select Business Req. with all links worksheet and again click on Refresh Button in the Ribbon Bar. All rights reserved Page 8 of 16

AUTHORING AND REPORTING IN EXCEL STEP1: AUTHORING AND DESIGNING THE REPORT 1. Create a new Workbook in Excel. 2. Click the Team Tab. 3. Click the New List Button in the Ribbon Bar. All rights reserved Page 10 of 16

7. Arrange the column (adding, removing and placement at desired position) using the respective buttons. Upon applying changes, the report is rearranged as per the updated column arrangements. All rights reserved Page 13 of 16

8. To add new Work Items, start by adding new rows in the report by expanding the report area as shown in the image. 9. Enter data in the newly expanded report area and then click the Publish Button in the Ribbon Bar. All rights reserved Page 14 of 16

The data would be published on Team Project as Work Items and the Work Item IDs would be displayed in the respective column. 10. To make a Work Item as a child of the preceding Work Item, select the would-be child work item and then click the Indent Button in the Ribbon Bar. All rights reserved Page 15 of 16

The selected Work Item is indented to show as a child of the preceding Work Item. 11. Now click the Publish Button to change the relationship on Team Project as well. This completes our Traceability Matrix tutorial. All rights reserved Page 16 of 16