Chapter Lifecycle

The Chapter lifecycle controls Chapter objects that comprise a Requirement Specification.

The Chapter lifecycle includes these states:

Active

Chapter objects are created in the Active state. In this state, Chapters, Requirements, and Comments can be added as children to the Chapter, and the Chapter can be attached to a Requirement Specification.

Release

All children of a Chapter must be in the Release state prior to promoting the Chapter to Release. If all children of a Chapter are released, and someone promotes the Requirement Specification that contains that Chapter, the Chapter will be automatically promoted to Release. However, if a branch in the Requirement Specification tree contains a Requirement, the Requirement will not be promoted (must be specifically promoted) and the specification is not promoted.

If you demote a Chapter from Release to Active, any child Chapter or Comment objects are also demoted to Active. If the Chapter included a Requirement object, that object is not demoted.