Creating subprojects

Users who are administrators or editors of a project can create subprojects in the User interface.

About this task

A subproject is derived from an existing project (parent project) but is more specific in scope. For example, you can create a parent project for SystemA and subprojects for different releases of SystemA. Subprojects inherit the contents of the parent project, but the contents must be further refined by adding additional criteria. Likewise, administrators and editors are implicitly inherited. A subproject does not show inherited administrators and editors unless someone has explicitly added them.

Procedure

To create a subproject:

  1. On the Action Panel, click Projects.
  2. Under Projects, select a project.
  3. Click the New Subproject link.
  4. In Name, type the name of the subproject.
  5. In Administrators, select the users who can administer this project.

    Administrators are users who can modify all aspects of the project. The local admin user (_change_admin) is always considered an administrator, even if it is not explicitly listed.

    Separate the list of users with commas.

  6. In Editors, select the users who can edit this project.

    Editors are users who can modify the members and privileges of the project and create new subprojects. Editors cannot edit the project contents.

    Separate the list of users with commas.

  7. In Contents (CRs included in this Project), specify the project contents, and then add the appropriate attribute name-value pairs to match the CRs.

    Attributes within a row are ORed together. Attributes between rows are ANDed together.

  8. In Members and Privileges, specify the project members and their privileges.

    Each row grants the list of users or groups a particular role or privilege.

    Separate the list of users with commas.

  9. Click Save to save the changes.

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