Add and manage QA process relationships

The Relationships () tab is where you link a quality assurance (QA) process to another QA process or another requirement. You may specify how the QA processes/requirements depend on each other. This enables you to follow up on other QA processes/requirements that depend on one you've just completed.

To add a relationship:

1. From the list of QA processes, select the QA process to which you want to create a relationship.

2. Open the Relationships () tab.

3. Click Add.

4. From the first drop-down list, select the option that specifies how the QA processes is linked to the other QA process/requirement.

5. In the box beside the drop-down list, begin typing the name of the QA process or requirement you want to link this QA process to.

   A list of matching QA processes/requirements is shown.

6. Click the QA process/requirement you want to link to.

7. Click Add.

The relationship is added and shows the status of the linked QA process/requirement.

Repeat the above steps to add more than one relationship to a QA process.

• The relationship you added here is unidirectional, meaning the same relationship does not appear on the QA process/requirement you linked here. You would need to manually add the relationship going the other way.
• Upchain does not enforce these dependencies. It is up to you to specify the relationships and then follow through with them as you work through the QA process list.

Remove a relationship

1. From the list of QA processes, select the QA process from which you want to remove a relationship.
2. Open the Relationships () tab.
3. Beside the relationship you want to remove, click Delete ().

The relationship is removed.