W04: Creating a Traceability Report in RTM
Overview
A traceability report is a tool used during end-to-end testing to ensure that all requirements have been tested. This allows the product owner to verify that all requirements were tested as expected.
Generating the Traceability Report in RTM
Start at the RTM dashboard for your project.
Choose the Reports menu item, then choose Traceability as shown below.
In order to create the traceability report, you must choose Test Case for the Issue Type (Rows) section.
You must then choose Functional Requirement for the Issue Type (Columns) section as shown below:
Click the blue Generate button to run the report.
This will generate a report that lists the requirements across the top, and the related test cases in rows.
You can export this report to a PDF file by clicking the Export drop down, and choosing PDF. When the report is done you will see a notification in the Progress Widget where you can click on it to download the file.
A complete traceability matrix will have no zeros in any row or column. Before submitting your traceability report, you should ensure that all requirements are covered by one or more test cases.
If you have a 0 in a column along the bottom, that means the requirement doesn't have a test case linked to it. You may have forgotten that step when creating your test cases, or you may need to create a new test case that covers that requirement.
If you have a 0 in a row along the side, that means that particular test case is not linked to any requirement. You can click on the link to that test case in the report and link the test case to the requirement using the Requirements tab of the test case. Clicking the Add Requirement button at the top allows you to link the requirement to the test case if you haven't already.
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