Step
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Description
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1
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The business analyst uses Serena Service Manager to raise a new Business Change Request to modify an application.
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2
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The business case for the new version of the application is reviewed and approved by all the relevant stakeholders, for example, the Executive team.
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3
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The project manager uses Serena Requirements Manager to create a new Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) project and transitions it to the Inception state.
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4
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To address the Business Change Request in a specific project, the project manager uses Requirements Manager to associate the Business Change Request with the ALM project.
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5
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The project management team reviews the Business Change Request and approves the project.
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6
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The project manager uses Requirements Manager to transition the project to its next state, Elaboration.
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7
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To deliver the changes in a specific quarter, the release manager uses Serena Release Manager to create an application release in the appropriate quarterly release train, and associates the Business Change Request with the application release.
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8
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The business analyst creates a new collection of requirements for the release using the Dimensions RM.
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9
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The business analyst the breaks down the Business Change Requests into various classes of functional requirements.
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10
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The business analyst raises a requirements approval request, which in turn creates a snapshot of the requirements collection.
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11
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The reviewers of the functional requirements receive notification from Requirements Manager and open a web link to a snapshot in Requirements Manager. They make review comments against the snapshot and the requirements, and approve or reject the Requirements Approval ticket.
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