Monitoring Release Items

During the release process, product marketing managers can monitor features to make sure they meet the following criteria:

• MRDs properly specify the features.

• Engineering implements the features.

• QA test plans test the features.

• Technical publications documents describe the features.

Product marketing managers can run queries to identify features that do not meet these criteria. The procedures that follow provide examples.

To query for features without corresponding MRDs, perform the following procedure.

Note: You can follow similar procedures to query for features without corresponding engineering tasks, test plans, or technical publications documents.

To identify features without linked MRDs

1. Navigate to the Release screen, then the Marketing Requirement Documents view.

2. Launch a query with the following parameters:

   • In the Release field, select the current release.

   • In the MRD field, enter NOT(EXISTS(LIKE*)).

During the release process, engineering managers can monitor development plans to make sure that their teams are not working on tasks without corresponding features. To query for engineering tasks without linked features, perform the following procedure.

Note: You can follow similar procedures to query for MRDs, test plans, or technical publications documents without corresponding features.

To identify engineering tasks without linked features

1. Navigate to the Release screen, then the Engineering Tasks view.

2. Launch a query with the following parameters:

   • In the Release field, select the current release.

   • In the Related Features field, enter NOT(EXISTS(LIKE*)).