Explore the User Interface: Browse Process Content

The goal of this exercise is to explore process content in a library using the browsing perspective.

  1. Make sure you are in the Browsing perspective.

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  2. To view a Capability Pattern, expand the tree node labeled Processes, then Capability Patterns, then Basic Building Blocks, then Assess and Close-out Project. The Configuration view panel should look like this:

     
    expanded capability pattern in configuration view
     

    A preview of the published page for the selected capability pattern is displayed in the Content panel.

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  3. A capability pattern contains a large amount of information and is displayed over four tabs:

     

     

    Explore the information on each tab.

     

    Note that when you click on a task in the Work Breakdown Structure tab you preview a Task Descriptor. A task descriptor is a task within a process. The task descriptor page has information about the task as it is used at a specific point in a process. The task descriptor has a link to the task on which it is based.

    Clicking on a role or work product in a task descriptor takes you to a Role Descriptor or a Work Product Descriptor. These provide information about the role or work product at the same point in the process and also provide links back to the core method element on which they are based.

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  4. To view a Delivery Process, expand the tree node for Processes, then Delivery Processes, then OpenUP/Basic Lifecycle. The display layout for a delivery process is similar to a capability pattern.

 

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