Creating a project is the first step in project planning.
A project is the foundation for all activities that are required to
achieve a certain objective, for example, delivering a new version
of a software application.
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.
To
create programs and projects, you must have the JazzProjectAdmins
or the JazzAdmins repository permission.
Before
you create a project, you must create a program to nest the project
under. To create a program:
- Ensure that the Overview or Schedule Gantt viewlet is open. On
the WBS tree, click Create Program.
- Hover the mouse over the program row, click the down arrow, and
click Rename.
- Enter the program name as MyProgram.
- In the WBS Overview viewlet, click Save.
- In the WBS tree, on the new program row, click the down
arrow, and click .
- In the Create Project window, enter the project name as Develop
MySoftware module. The Parent name is the name of the
program you created.
- From the Calendar list, select Default.
- Leave the default values for the other fields, and click OK.For more information about the fields in the Create
Project window, see Creating
a project.
You have successfully created a project.
- The Default calendar is associated to the project as the project
calendar. The project follows the working and non-working days and
hours specified in the default calendar.
- In the project that you created in this lesson, the project start
date and finish date are the current date. After you create a project
WBS and a schedule for the WBS, the project start and finish dates
will be determined by the dates of the earliest and latest project
activities.
In the next lesson, you will define the project phases
or iterations, and add tasks and milestones to the project.