This document contains information about the features,
system requirements, installation, and known issues for IBM® Rational® Project Conductor V1.0.0.1.
Description
Rational Project Conductor is
a project and resource management solution that is optimized for the
Software and Systems Delivery (SSD) platform. This solution supports
visibility and alignment across the entire project life cycle, which
is scalable from small local teams to large distributed
work groups.
With
Rational Project Conductor V1.0.0.1,
you can complete the following tasks:
- Repository permissions
- If you have JazzAdmins repository permissions, you can view all
projects and programs, even if you are not part of the hierarchy or
access control list of the project area. If you have JazzAdmins permissions,
you can also manage users and system information in the Administration
view.
- If you have JazzProjectAdmins repository permissions, you can
create your own programs, projects, and subprojects. In the WBS tree,
users with JazzProjectAdmins permissions can access only the programs,
projects, and subprojects that they create or are granted access to,
whereas users with JazzAdmins permissions can access all programs,
projects, and subprojects. Users with JazzProjectAdmins permissions
cannot access the Project Management Administration, Server, and User
Management tabs in the Administration view.
- Rational Team Concert support
- IBM Rational Project Conductor, Version 1.0.0.1 supports Rational
Team Concert, Version 2.0.0.2. You can install the Rational Project
Conductor 1.0.0.1 server by itself or install it into an existing
Rational Team Concert 2.0.0.2 server.
- Extension keys
- After you upgrade to Rational Project Conductor 1.0.0.1, you can
download extension keys to continue using the data that is currently
in your sampleDB database.
- User-defined sort order
- To reorder work items as a sibling to non-leaf node work items
in the WBS tree, press Shift and drag the work item. To reorder leaf
node work items i.e. task, drag the work item to the desired location.
- Discrete assignments
- You can assign resources to a project in multiple intervals rather
than for blocks of time. For example, if you assign a resource to
a project from July 1 to July 7 and to a task within that project
from September 8 to September 14, you do not need to assign the resource
from July 1 through September 14.
- Project contouring
- A contour can be specified at the project level for a resource/profile
assignment. When doing an availability search, a contour can be specified
based on which search results is displayed. In previous versions of
Rational Project Conductor, a resource that was available on a given
day could be assigned to an 8-hour task even if the project contour
for that resource was set for a 6-hour day. In version 1.0.0.1, you
cannot change the contour value to more than the smallest number of
working hours in the project and resource calendars.
- Resource and profile mapping
- When you import a Microsoft® Project .xml file, you can map the
unmapped resources to a profile or resource on the Map Resources screen
of the Import wizard. You can select a resource to map it to a profile
or resource, or you can select multiple resources from the Default
Profile for unmapped user list to map them to a profile or resource.
- Risk actions
- You must create a risk and risk strategy before you can list risk
actions and work items. The Actions section is disabled until a strategy
is created.
- After you create a work item that is associated with a risk action,
you cannot edit the summary for that risk in the Risk viewlet. When
the action summary is changed in any other viewlet, the changes are
reflected in the Risk viewlet.
- Access to user IDs
- In the Timesheet Approval viewlet, you can view the user ID of
a resource by hovering the mouse pointer over the team member's name.
- Browsers support
- You can use Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and Internet Explorer 8 with Rational
Project Conductor version 1.0.0.1.
Installation instructions
For
step-by-step installation instructions, see the following topics in
the information center:
Fixed defects
To view
the list of defects fixed in this release, log into Jazz.net Web site with your user ID
and password and then click this link or copy it into your browser here
Known problems
On Microsoft® Internet Explorer
7, you might experience performance degradation if a single WBS node
contains more than 100 child elements. Where a single tree node must
contain 100 elements or more, categorize the elements under additional
container nodes.
Additional known problems are documented in
the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base. As
problems are discovered and resolved, the IBM Support team updates the knowledge base.
By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds
or solutions to problems.
To launch a customized query of the
live Support knowledge base, use this link:
Download instructions
For
information about downloading Rational Project Conductor,
see:
Download document
Tech tips
To read tips that
are authored by the Rational Project Conductor development team, visit
the Tech tips library