Determining which defects affect requirements

Requirements define what the product must do and are an input to the task of defining test coverage during test planning. When defects are discovered during testing, it is useful to know which requirements are impacted and, therefore, remain unvalidated or blocked. Use the Plan Requirements Defect Impact and the Test Cases Impact by Defects reports to identify the requirements, test suites, and test cases impacted by defects.

Plan Requirements Defect Impact

This report shows the requirements that are impacted by defects, the test cases to which the requirements are associated, and the blocking defects. The report also displays the impacted test cases.

Test Cases Impacted by Defects

This report ties defects to test cases and test suites and identifies the test cases and test suites that are causing the most points to fail. It helps to answer the question, Which defects need to be fixed to achieve a higher pass rate in the execution results?