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Managing Engineering Work for Release Manager (End User)

After product marketing manager enter features and MRDs in Release Manager, engineers can begin recording the progress and results of development efforts in Siebel Field Service. Their managers can monitor the information that they enter.

This topic contains the following related information:

• Adding Engineering Tasks and Linking Features
• Adding Subtasks to Engineering Tasks
• Monitoring Engineering Tasks

This task is a step in Process of Managing Release Manager.

Adding Engineering Tasks and Linking Features

After product marketing managers enter some features and corresponding MRDs into Release Manager, engineering managers can begin analyzing the development work and identifying the discrete tasks required to implement the features. They can enter these tasks directly into Release Manager. When engineering managers create engineering task records, they link the records to the appropriate features.

The product marketing and engineering managers match the requested features with the available engineering resources. During this process, they weight the relative importance of the features with the required investment to implement the features. They might defer some features to a future release. Consequently, the necessary engineering resources are available for the final set of release features.

To add an engineering task and link features

1. Navigate to the Release screen, then the Engineering Tasks view.
2. Create a new engineering task record, and complete the fields as appropriate.

   Some fields are described in the following table.

   Field	Comments
   Related Feature	Select the features to associate with the engineering task.
   Engineering Group	Select the engineering group that manages the task. Usually, the engineering manager (owner) of the task belongs to this group.
   Target Date	Select the expected date of the task completion.
   Release	Select the name or number of the product release associated with the engineering task.
   Parent Task	Select the parent task for the current task. You can use this field to set up a hierarchy of parent tasks and child subtasks.
   Effort	Select the level of effort required from the engineer to complete the task.
   Risk	Select the level of risk of destabilizing the product by undertaking this engineering task.
   Comp %	Type the percentage of the task that is completed to date.
   Design Review	Select the date when the design review occurs.
   Code Review	Select the date when the code review occurs for software releases.
   Associated Parties	Select the individuals associated with the engineering task. Set the engineering manager who manages the task as Primary.

Adding Subtasks to Engineering Tasks

If a task is complex with multiple components, then Engineering enters each component as a subtask record, then links it to the main engineering task.

To add a subtask to an engineering task

1. Navigate to the Release screen, then the Engineer Task - Subtasks view.
2. Create a new subtask record, and complete the fields as appropriate.

Monitoring Engineering Tasks

During the development process, engineering managers can use Release Manager to track the status of the tasks that are underway. They can conduct and record design reviews and (for software releases) code reviews. For each task, they log the portion completed and the target completion dates so that they can address potential issues before they are critical.