Exercise 4: Create Tasks

The purpose of this exercise is to create a task and then relate that task to the other elements you have created.

To create a Task in My Content Package:

1. Make sure you are in the Authoring perspective.

2. Within My Content Package right-click on the Tasks folder.

3. Highlight New and then click Task.

4. Use the following information to create the task:

•  Task: my_design_user_interface

•  Presentation Name : My Design User Interface

•  Brief Description: To produce a design of the user interface that supports the reasoning about, and the enhancement of, its usability.

•  Steps (Use steps tab):

- Describe the characteristics of related users

- Identify the primary user interface elements

•  Roles (Primary Performer): my_rup_user_interface_designer

•  Work Products (Mandatory Input) rup_software_requirement (under requirements)

•  Work Products (Outputs): my_rup_navmap

•  Guidance: representing_graphical_user-interfaces (under gui_design)

•  Categories: rup_analysis_design_discipline

5. Click the Preview tab to view the newly created task and save by closing the editor.

6. Create another task using the following information:

   •  Task: my_prototype_user_interface

   •  Presentation name : My Prototype User Interface

   •  Brief Description: To prototype the system's user interface in an attempt to validate the user-interface design against the functional and usability requirements.

   •  Steps:

   -  Design the user interface prototype

   -  Implement the user interface prototype

   •  Roles (Primary Performer): my_rup_user_interface_designer

   •  Work Products (Mandatory Input) my_rup_navmap

   •  Work Products (Outputs): my_rup_user_interface_prototype

   •  Categories: rup_analysis_design_discipline