Working With Processes: Use Capability Patterns

The goal of this exercise is to create a new delivery process using capability patterns.

We will add some Capability Patterns to the delivery process you created in the previous tutorial.

To add a capability pattern using Copy:

  1. Switch to the Authoring perspective and open the My DP delivery process you created in Exercise 3.

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  2. In the Configurations View click Processes > Capability Patterns > Basic Build Blocks > Manage Iteration.

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  3. Drag and drop the Manage Iteration Capability Pattern onto the Inception phase in My DP delivery process.

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  4. Select Copy in the pop-up box.

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  5. Expand one of the activities in the Manage Iteration capability pattern to the Task Descriptor level. Note that the task descriptor name is displayed in black. This indicates that the task is available for you to edit. Note: Any future changes to the Capability Pattern will not be propagated to your process. You can edit the task in the Properties view.

To add a Capability Pattern using Extends:

  1. Create a new Phase in the My DP delivery process. Right-click on the first row and select New Child > Phase. Call the phase "Elaboration".

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  2. Create a new Iteration in the Elaboration phase. Right-click on the Elaboration phase and select New Child > Iteration. Call the iteration "Elaboration Iteration 1".

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  3. In the Configurations View, click Processes > Capability Patterns > Basic Build Blocks > Manage Iteration.

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  4. Drag and drop the Manage Iteration Capability Pattern onto the Elaboration Iteration 1 iteration in My Project.

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  5. Select Extend in the pop-up box.

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  6. Expand one of the activities in the Project Management capability pattern you have just added to the Task Descriptor level. Note that the task name is displayed in green italics. This indicates that the task descriptor is in a part of a process defined elsewhere in a Capability Pattern. Subsequent changes to the Capability Pattern will be propagated to your process. The Properties view shows the task details but they cannot be edited.

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  7. Right click on a task descriptor in the extended capability pattern and select Suppress. The task descriptor is grayed out. The task descriptor will not appear in the published version of the delivery process, nor will it be included in an export of the process.

 

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