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Elaborate requirements and preview linked Focal Point® business needs
After the business needs are published into Rational Requirements Composer, the priorities might further be changed in Focal Point®. While elaborating the requirements, it's also essential to ensure that the business needs latest priorities are checked constantly and are aligned with the changes done in Focal Point®. This can be done by previewing the linked business needs in Rational Requirements Composer. The users of Rational Requirements Composer can preview linked elements without an additional user license for Focal Point®.
Procedure
1 To enable users of Rational Requirements Composer to preview elements that are published from Focal Point®, configure a preview view for the linked elements module in Focal Point®: see Configuring a view for previewing linked elements in Focal Point®.
2 In Rational Requirements Composer, analyze and elaborate requirements or requirement collections. Specify the required estimates, costs and so on.
3 In Rational Requirements Composer, hover over the links to view the Focal Point® business need details.
Next
Fetch the status and view the progress of the requirements
See also
Elaborating requirements and tracking the status