Creating Features and Subfeatures

Product marketing managers can use Release Manager to enter new product features and, if appropriate, subfeature components of these features.

To create a feature and subfeatures

1. Navigate to the Release screen, then the Features view.

2. Add a new feature record, and complete the fields as appropriate.

   Some fields are described in the following table.

   Field	Comments
   Status	Select the status of the feature, which can be one of the following values: Green. Approved for the release. Yellow. Can include in the release. Red. Not included in the release
   Priority	Select the priority of the feature relative to other features targeted for the same release.
   Release	Select the name or number of the product release for the feature.
   Product Line	Displays the product line. The value in the Subarea field determines this field value.
   Area	Select the product area associated with the feature.
   Subarea	Select the product subarea associated with the feature. The list of subarea values depends on the value in the Area field.
   EAT Completion Date	Select the Engineering Acceptance Test completion date.
   Source	Select the source of the idea for this feature.
   Account	Select the account that requested the feature or the account to which your company is contractually obligated to deliver the feature.
   Associated Parties	Select the individuals associated with the feature. Set the product marketing manager who manages the feature as Primary.
   Revenue	Select the amount of revenue tied to delivering this feature in the targeted release.

3. If you want to add subfeatures to the feature, then complete the following steps:

   1. Drill down on the Feature field, and click the Subfeatures view tab.

   2. Create new subfeature records, and complete the fields as appropriate.