Release notes - Rational Project Conductor V1.0.0.1

This document contains information about the features, system requirements, installation, and known issues for IBM® Rational® Project Conductor V1.0.0.1.

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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.

System requirements

For more information about hardware and software requirements, see:

Detailed system requirements for Rational Project Conductor V 1.0.0.1

Installation instructions

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:

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Tech tips

To read tips that are authored by the Rational Project Conductor development team, visit the Tech tips library


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