Requirements Baselining
This topic describes the use of tracker baselines for requirement baselining. It makes it easier to create baselines focusing just on requirements and provides an option to create different type of baselines to suit different needs. For conceptual information on baselines and how they are implemented, see Baselines.
Creating Tracker Baselines
Traditional baselines created on the Baselines screen contain a snapshot of the project, including the state of the trackers. Tracker baselines only contain the state of the trackers. A tracker baseline is like a subset of a traditional baseline.
You can create baselines and manage baseline through the Baselines tab in the main menu.
Alternatively, You can create and manage tracker baselines of required tracker by clicking on the left hand side corner of tracker page. Also from the (more) menu of the tracker page.
Comparing Tracker Baselines
You can activate and compare tracker baselines on the Baselines tab.
Tracker baselines are marked as Source Tracker: Requirements.
You can compare tracker and other baselines, but the results may contain objects that are not part of the tracker baseline, so the differences may be misleading.
You can compare tracker and other baselines, but the results may contain objects that are not part of the tracker baseline, so the differences may be misleading.
Viewing Tracker Baselines
Clicking the name of a tracker baseline on Baselines tab activates the selected baseline. An information bar appears at the top of the page.
It shows the current baseline and contains action links. The first link opens a baseline browser and allows you to change the active baseline.
You can view differences by clicking Compare Selected Baselines.
You can also view tracker baselines on the Baselines tab of a requirement.
Summary
The article described the use of tracker baselines for requirement baselining. This new tool makes it easier to create baselines focusing just on the requirements and provides an option to create different type of baselines to suit different needs.
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