1. Field Service Guide
  2. Adding Engineering Tasks and Linking Features

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.