What happens when my artifact depends on another artifact?

Your ability to work with one artifact may depend on the resolution of other artifacts.

For example, a defect may require closure of another defect before it can be closed. There are several levels of artifact dependencies within Project Tracker:

• Blocking - Blocking artifacts prevent the blocked artifact from being resolved. The blocking artifact must be addressed before the blocked artifact can be resolved.
• Duplicating - Sometimes duplicate artifacts may be entered and need to be tracked separately. Marking an artifact as a duplicate allows users to track efforts on both artifacts. Duplicates may be in different projects or the same project.
• Non-blocking - Marking artifacts as non-blocking dependencies also allows users to simultaneously track efforts on two or more artifacts.
• Parent-child - Artifacts can be grouped under a single tracking artifact to allow you to monitor the progress of a group of artifacts.