Revise Requirements

Requirement Managers can make a new revision of an approved requirement by transitioning from Approved to Draft. This action requires a transition reason and will increment the Revision Number field. Reference Workflow Transitions for more information about transitioning workflow states in VERA.

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Default Role(s)

Requirement Manager

Record Type(s)

Requirements, Risk Scenarios

Starting Workflow State(s)

Approved

Ending Workflow State

Draft

Special Rule(s)

  1. A transition reason is required.
  2. The Signatures field will be cleared.
  3. The Revision Reason field will be updated with the new revision information (including reason). The previous entry will be overwritten.
  4. The Revision Number field will increment by 1.
  5. The route information in the Approval Route field will reset to Not Started.
  6. The record will become unlocked for editing.