notification nd management of change - newbie

[chadnash]

sorry newbie.
suppose Joe is responsible for a use case that was built in response to a requirement. And we have some traceability between the requirement and the use case. Now suppose the requirement changes.
I want to be able to do the following
1. record (automatically)  against the use case that the requirement has changed and no one has looked at the use case to accommodate the change yet.
2. notify Joe that he needs to look at the use case
3. report on the use cases (or things in general) that have not accommodated the changes to their ancestors.

A simple word to look up in the user guide would be sufficient if this is all already there.

Chad

[chadnash]

I have had no replies is there ay where else I can ask?

[KP]

1. I would use status colours. Go "Settings > General Types > Status" and create a new status type to suit your needs. Give it a colour. Click "Applies To" button and make sure that "Use Case" is ticked. You will also need to go "Tools > Options > Objects > Show status colors on diagrams". Now you can set the Status field for a use case and it will have a coloured shadow indicating it needs to be actioned in some way.

2. If everyone on the project has their own home page, just drag the use case onto Joe's home page - he will see it, and its status colour, next time he opens his diagram.

3. A very simple custom search will do this: Ctrl+F > Manage Searches > Help.

[chadnash]

Just the ticket
Thanks
Sorry about the use of smilies

[Eve]

2 (alternate, but relying on 1 above). If you've also specified that the use case belongs to the Joe (eg. author or tagged value) then a very simple custom search (exactly the same as step 3 above except for also checking who it belongs to) can be set up and used to drive a model view in EA 7.1.

[chadnash]

Even more help - thanks