Each project has a purpose. A purpose defines the project state and maps it to a process rule for the project release. The purpose ensures that the right members are selected when you update a project.
About this task
Use purposes to set up multiple prep, shared, working, or visible versions of the same project for different uses, such as different levels of testing.
Procedure
- Start the Purposes dialog box by clicking Task, pointing to New, and selecting Process Rule.
The Create Process Rule dialog box appears.
- Start the Purposes dialog box by clicking the browse button to the right of the Purpose list.
The Purposes dialog box appears.
- In the Purposes dialog box, click the plus sign to add a purpose.
- Type the name of the new purpose and double-click the Used For field to select what the purpose is used for.
- Click OK.