Modeling Dependencies#
In addition to hierarchy as the strongest linkage of items, Allegra can relate any items across workspaces with freely definable linking types.
A hierarchical structure is suitable where higher-level items contain lower-level ones. This inevitably leads to tree structures, meaning a lower-level item can always relate to only one higher-level item. Examples of such structures are arrangements of features, epics, and user stories. If you want to relate items outside of such tree structures, Allegra offers the “linking” of items with freely definable linking types. For example, you can model:
Dependencies between requirements across different projects
Relationships between requirements and tests
Relationships between portfolio or program artifacts and lower-level artifacts
Dependencies of milestones on other artifacts
The definition and visualization of such relationships are easiest in the Allegra Link Navigator.
