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Adding Engineering Tasks and Linking Features

After product marketing managers have entered some features and their corresponding MRDs into Release Manager, engineering managers can begin analyzing the development work and identifying the discrete tasks required to implement the features. These tasks can be entered directly into Release Manager. As engineering task records are created, they are linked to the features they are designed to implement.

The product marketing and engineering managers match the requested features with the available engineering resources. During this process, the relative importance of the features are weighed against the investment required to implement them. Some features may be deferred to a future release. The end result is a final set of release features for which the necessary engineering resources are available.

To add an engineering task and link features

  1. Navigate to Site Map > Release > Engineer Tasks.
  2. Add a new task record.
  3. In the Related Features field, select the features you want to link to this task.
  4. Complete the other fields, as needed. Some fields are described in the following table.

    5. Field
    Comments
    Associated Parties
    Individuals associated with the engineering task. The engineering manager responsible for the task should be set as Primary.
    Code Review
    For software releases. Date when the code review took place.
    Comp %
    Portion of the task that has been completed to date.
    Design Review
    Date when the design review took place.
    Effort
    Indicator of the level of effort required on the part of the engineer to complete the task.
    Engineering Group
    Engineering group responsible for the task. Usually, this is the group to which the engineering manager (owner) of the task belongs.
    Parent Task
    Parent task to the current task. You can use this field to set up a hierarchy of parent tasks and child subtasks.
    Release
    Name or number of the product release with which the engineering task is associated.
    Risk
    Level of risk of destabilizing the product by undertaking this engineering task.
    Target Date
    Date when the task is expected to be completed.


 Siebel Field Service Guide 
 Published: 21 April 2003