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Improvement: Add illustration to impact analysis process req - fixes
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.. figure:: ../_assets/impact_analysis.drawio.svg
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:alt: How to follow changes for impact analysis.
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:alt: Which changes to follow for impact analysis.
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The picture is derived from the building blocks metamodel containing all the work products
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(:ref:`general_concepts_building_blocks`). Its arrows show how every work product is
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linked (manually) to other work products (e.g. feature requirements are linked to
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stakeholder requirements via "satisfies"). The color code describes which of these Links
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need to be followed for the impact analysis (so for the example this means: if a stakeholder
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requirement is changed, the feature requirements linked are affected, but not the other way round).
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"Black" links do not need to be followed, these are the "verifies" links. And these are
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expected to fail after implementation change, so the impact on testing will be detected
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by the test automation without the need for an additional tooling. Note that for some
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links it is expected to have both directions followed (red arrows) - these are the
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artefacts which reside in different repositories.
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Note also: The impact analysis needs to follow the links iteratively, so first to the directly
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connected work products, then to the next, ... (see the next illustration):
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.. figure:: ../_assets/impact_iteration.drawio.svg
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:alt: How to follow changes for impact analysis iteratively.
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.. needextend:: docname is not None and "process_areas/change_management" in docname
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:+tags: change_management

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