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title: "Adding Development Items"
slug: "how-to-add-a-new-requirement"
updated: 2023-01-11T08:36:02Z
published: 2023-01-11T08:36:02Z
canonical: "success.panaya.com/how-to-add-a-new-requirement"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://success.panaya.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Adding Development Items

You can add Requirements \ Features \ User Stories\ Analyses \ Tasks \ Defects, \ Workstreams one by one, as described below. Alternatively, you can use the [**development items import options.**](/v1/docs/how-to-import-development-activities) To import defects, follow the instructions in [this article.](/v1/docs/how-to-import-defects)

**Got Release Dynamix?** You can also create new Requirements via the [Release Dynamix **Portfolio**](/v1/docs/my-release-dynamix-portfolio)

1. Select the **Development \ Requirements \ Workspace** tab in your project.  
**![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1639657817559.png)**
2. Click on **Create**to view development items creation options.![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673425922794.png)
3. Type in the **Subject******and **Description**for the new Requirement (mandatory) and all other metadata as shown below.![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673426083825.png)
4. Click **Save**

Newly created activities will default to [**Backlog Status**](/v1/docs/what-does-the-requirement-status-mean).

**Now you can -**

- [Link Tests](/v1/docs/how-to-define-the-test-plan-of-a-requirement)
- [Add Attachments](/v1/docs/how-to-add-an-attachment-or-a-link)
- [Add Comments](/v1/docs/how-to-add-a-comment-to-an-activity)
- [Duplicate existing Requirements](/v1/docs/how-to-duplicate-a-requirement)

**Did you know?**  
You can [define custom tabs and fields](/v1/docs/all-about-panayas-custom-fields-tabs) for your Requirements.