Approve a Requirements Specification

Approvers and reviewers can approve or reject a requirements specification from the notification.

To approve a requirements specification:

Note: Avoid self-approving any Innovation Management object as this can result in stuck workflows. Remember that the workflow only gets stuck if self-approval isn't allowed, which can be changed in the BPM taskflow setup.

1. Navigate to the Concept Design work area.

2. Use the Search panel to search for and open a requirements specification.

3. Select Actions > Submit for Approval. The Submit for Approval dialog opens.

4. Click the Reviewers icon. The Select and Add: Reviewers dialog opens.

   • Click the radio buttons for Users or User Groups, and click Search, and select names.

   • Or simply type in the name of a reviewer you know - but still click Search to bring up the name and select it.

   • Select one or more reviewers.

   Click OK.

5. Click Submit.

6. When reviewers sign in, they can approve or reject from the notification.

   In a practice environment, you can see how this process works by signing out, and then logging back in as the approver. The approver user sees a notification about this requirements specification as soon as they log in, and they can approve it by clicking the notification.

   When you log back in as yourself, and open the requirements specification, you see that it's approved.