Revising a Specification

You can revise a specification that is in work, frozen, or released, but needs to updated or changed in a controlled way.

Tip: On the Specification Revisions page, you can revise a specification using the Revise command or a specification with its files using the Revise With Files command.

Required responsibilities:

  • Baseline: Leader (when the object is in the Frozen state) or Author

Before you begin: Open the specification that you want to revise. See Specification Detail Page.
See Also
About Revision
Revising a Specification With Its Files
Revising a Specifications Folder
Revising a Requirement
Revising a Chapter
Revising a Comment
Replacing the Latest Revision with a New Revision
Replacing a Previous Revision with the Latest Revision
Specification Revisions Page
  1. Select the specification's row at the top of the structure display.
  2. From the toolbar, select Actions > Revision .
    The Create New Revision panel opens.
  3. Click Create and Close.

A new revision of the specification is created in the "Private" state. The Revision column updates to indicate that the current specification now has a higher revision available. The new specification revision has all of the same parent relationships to its child objects that the previous revision had.