After you import work items, you can group similar
work items into initiatives. An initiative is work that is related
to releases and applications that is centered around a theme.
In
the release tool, you can capture the work by creating change
items. You can also import items (changes) from external systems
such as JIRA and IBM® Rational® Team Concert.
During the import process, Rational Team Concert and
JIRA items are converted into changes. A change is any modification
that is made to a system such as a bug fix, new feature implementation,
task, or some other work. You can group related change items into
Initiatives. For example, if a release contains several change items
that deal with improving performance, you can create an initiative
that is called Performance Improvements. Then, you can assign all
the performance-related change items to that initiative.
Procedure
To associate work items to an initiative:
- Click Initiatives, and then click Add
New.
- Complete the details on the page to create an initiative.
- Optional: To create a change, click ;
then, click Add New, and complete the details.
- To group change items into initiatives, on the Changes page,
select a change item.
- In the Assign Selected To section,
choose an initiative, and then click Update.
Note:
You can assign a work item to only one release
and one application, but you can assign a work item to multiple initiatives.
With multiple assignments, you can view the progress of work items
that deal with a similar theme, such as performance, over different
releases.