Status and WF by Entity Type

[j4sh4n]

I have different workflow for Requirements, Test Cases and Defects
right from the time of creation i.e. Status = New.

I would like to restrict one from seeing the statuses of others.

One way to implement this is to create a separate starting point for
each of these (i.e. "New Requirement", "New TestCase", "New Defect"
etc.) and then setup the workflow to drive into different paths. With
this approach on creation of any item (Requiremtn, Test Cae or Defect)
all these different flavours of New status are available and if by
mistake a wrong one is picked it would set this for a wrong WF, any
idea how to prevent this or if there is another way to achieve this.

[Steve Miller]

Each area of the software does have the ability to customize
workflow. So requirements can have a different set of statuses and
workflow than test cases and those can be different than defects. It
sounds like you may be thinking that the workflow is the same in each
of those areas but it is not. We have a movie that explains workflow:
http://www.pragmaticsw.com/GuidedTours/Default.asp?FileName=Workflow.

Let me know if anything was unclear. Thanks!