Understand how Rational Team Concert™ artifacts and fields are mapped to Rational® Project Composer artifacts and fields.
Rational Team Concert artifact or field | Rational Project Composer artifact or field | Additional information |
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Project area | Program or project | Each program, or project (or subproject) is a project area in Rational Team Concert. You can create programs and projects in Rational Project Composer only. You can view and work with programs and projects in Rational Team Concert. |
Team area | Not used | Team areas are not applicable in Rational Project Composer |
Timeline | Applicable for programs and projects. Correspond to the start and finish dates for the program or project. | A default timeline is created when you create a program or a project. Additional timelines are not supported by Rational Project Composer. |
Iteration | Iteration | Can edit in both applications. |
Iteration start and end dates | Iteration Start (Exp) and Finish (Exp) | Dates are synchronized. Can edit in both applications. |
Work item fields | ||
Summary | WBS Element Name | Can edit in both applications. |
State | State | Can edit in Rational Team Concert; read-only in Rational Project Composer. |
Owned by | Owner of the WBS element | Can edit in both applications. When you assign an owner to a work item in Rational Team Concert, an assignment record is created in Rational Project Composer. The resource is also allocated to the project level. |
Planned for | Iteration | Cannot edit after work item creation in Rational Team Concert. Iterations can only be created in Rational Project Composer. |
Estimate | Effort (Exp) or Effort (Plan) | Estimate is mapped to expected effort if there is no owner for the work item. Estimate is mapped to planned effort if an owner is assigned to the work item. Can edit in both applications. |
Time spent | Actual effort (entered in timesheet) | Can edit in both applications. When you enter the Time Spent for a work item in Rational Team Concert, a timesheet is created in Rational Project Composer, and the work hours updated for the day on which the entry is made. |
Due date | Finish date (Exp) or Finish date (Plan) | Estimate is mapped to expected finish date if there is no owner for the work item. Estimate is mapped to planned finish date if an owner is assigned to the work item. Can edit in both applications. |