Hi Peers,

For resolving a specific ALM Defect (QCCR1J98528/ KM03168263),
We are planning to implement ALM 12.21 Patch 7 ( P7 patch code is: TD4QC_00652) on top of existing ALM 12.21 Patch 6.

Post installation of ALM 12.21 Patch 7, it is expected that above mentioned defect will be fixed and verification test will be performed to confirm the same.

In addition to the above mentioned verification test, is it really required to perform entire re-validation of all the existing ALM functionalities which were previously working fine with ALM 12.21 Patch 6?

Please suggest any specific requirements to which we should confine our testing for this new patch 7 implementation?

Please provide your valuable inputs on below questions:

1. Is there any possibility that
existing functionalities which were
working in ALM 12.21 Patch 6 may get
impacted or break after
implementation of ALM 12.21 Patch 7?
If so what are those & why will they
break?
2. Is there any Workflow OTA API change
from ALM 12.21 Patch 7 when Compared
to ALM 12.21 Patch 6? If yes, how to
find out what those object changes
are and how to find out which
functionalities those object changes
impact?
3. Are there any new functionalities
introduced as part of ALM 12.21
Patch 7 when compared to ALM 12.21
Patch 6?
4. Are there any existing
functionalities which got
decommissioned as part of ALM 12.21
Patch 7 when compared to ALM 12.21
Patch 6?

Regards,
Srihari