Exporting projects from Rational Focal Point

You can export a project and its related business needs from IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ to a Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) system for project execution. The export creates a project area and work items for each business need. A link to the new project is created and displayed in Rational Focal Point.

Before you begin

Before you export projects, set up the integration by specifying the integration attributes. You must have the required permissions to create the project area in CLM.

Procedure

To export projects and business needs:

  1. In Rational Focal Point, click Display and select the view that contains the project to export.
  2. Click Create project in Jazz.
  3. Select the friends list server, enter your Jazz login credentials, and click Log In.
  4. Select the required process template. The project area that is created is based on the selected process template.
  5. Select the required work item type. All the business needs are created as work items of the selected type.
  6. Select an owner for the work items.
  7. Click Create. If a new business need is added to a project, you can create a work item in the CLM system from the business need element.

Results

In the CLM system, a project area, a top iteration, and a release plan that correspond to the project are created. For each business need, work items are created in the CLM system. After the export is complete, the Project URI field is updated with the URI of the new project. To open the project, click the link. For the business needs that are exported as work items, you can create related work items in the CLM system.

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