You can remove WBS elements belonging to projects. The
element is removed from the tree, and from all schedule calculations
and roll up, including critical path calculation. If a WBS element
has child elements, then removing the parent element removes all its
child elements.
Before you begin
Note: Use the Overview or the
Schedule Gantt viewlet to perform this task. In the navigation bar,
click Work, and click the Overview or
the Schedule tab.
About this task
- Programs, projects, and iterations cannot be removed.
- Tasks with a dependency cannot be removed.
- If an element or any of its child elements have resources assigned,
you cannot remove the element. Remove the resource assignments first,
and then remove the element.
- If an element is started or complete (actual start date is entered),
it cannot be removed.
To remove WBS elements
Procedure
- In the WBS tree, click the element to remove. Use either
of the following options:
- In the Overview or Schedule viewlet, click the Remove icon
.
- Click the down arrow next to the element, and click Remove.
- In the confirmation message, click Yes.
Results
In
Rational Team Concert™,
the work item is updated with a "wbs_removed" tag. In
Rational Team Concert,
you cannot modify the Owner, Planned for, or Parent of work items
that are tagged as "wbs_removed".