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title: "Development Test Plan"
slug: "how-to-define-the-test-plan-of-a-requirement"
updated: 2023-04-16T09:59:52Z
published: 2023-04-16T09:59:52Z
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# Development Test Plan

If you have already [created your development items](/v1/docs/how-to-add-a-new-requirement), such as **requirements,** **features, workstreams,**or **change analyses,** you can define the test plan by linking these items to existing test activities.

**Good to Know!** Once you link tests to development items, they will appear as [Covered](/v1/docs/how-is-testing-coverage-risk-calculated-for-a-requirement).

Below are**several workflows to select from** when linking tests and requirements.

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## Adding existing tests to a development item

Use this option to link from a single development item, such as a requirement or feature, to one or multiple tests.

1. Open up a Requirements / Feature / Analysis
2. Select the **Testing tab >****Tests > Add existing tests**and use the search box to type the Test ID or Name, then hit Enter.**![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1681635575497.png)**
3. Select the type of link you wish to create
  - **Link**  
A link to an existing instance of the test
  - **Clone**  
The test will be duplicated, and a new instance will be linked to the requirement, feature, analysis, or workstream.
4. Use the search bar to locate the tests you wish to add.  
You can filter by Cycle to limit the search results from one or more cycles.  
  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1681636227259.png)  
If you select to clone the tests, you can select where in the project tree you wish to create the new instances of the tests. You can also define what elements of the test you wish to clone - Comments, Attachments, Linked development items, and Testers.  
  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1681636527899.png)

Good to Know!You can [generate a test directly from a Requirement, Feature, Workstream, and Analysis.](/v1/docs/how-to-generate-a-test-directly-from-a-requirement)

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## **From the Development List**

Use this option to link several Requirements, Features, or Workstreams with a single Test

1. Select the development items in the list and click on **Link to... > Test.**![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673431932081.png)
2. Use the**search box** to type the Test ID or Name, then hit**Enter****![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673431992916.png)**
3. Locate the **Test**you wish to link and click on **Link**.  
The development item will then appear as **Covered**.  
You can view the reference to the linked tests in the **Testing tab** of the development item.![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1681635561002.png)

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## **From a Test**

This option links a test with multiple Requirements, Features, Analyses, or Workstreams.

1. Open a Test and select the **Linked Requirements/Features tab**
2. Click the**Link Feature/Requirement** button![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673432178929.png)
3. Type the Requirement ID, Name, or Description in the search box, then hit**Enter.**
4. Select one or more Requirements and click on **Link**.

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## **From the Test**

This option links an entire Cycle, Folder, or Business Process to a single Requirement.

1. Select the **Tests tab** and then **Tree view**
2. **Highlight** and then **r****ight-Click** on a **Cycle**, **Folder,** or a **Business Process**
3. Select the **Link to Requirement / Feature / Workstream**option![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1640639869980.png)
4. Type the Requirement ID, Name, or Description in the search box, then hit**Enter.**
5. Select the **Requirement** from the displayed list
6. Click on the**Link button**

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## **From the Test List**

Use this option to link multiple Tests to a single Requirement

1. Select the **Tests tab**and then **List view**
2. **Select one or more Tests**
3. Click on the**Link to Requirements button**![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1681635921786.png)
4. Type the Requirement ID, Name or Description in the search box, then hit**Enter.**
5. Select the **Requirement** from the displayed list and click on the**Link button.**

## Related

- [Linking Development Items with Dependencies](/how-to-link-requirements-with-dependencies.md)