With Overview

The Rational Dashboard is used to create, modify, and display metrics based on the warehouse of information collected from your development artifacts.  The Rational Dashboard enables you to retrieve meaningful project metrics depicting the progress, stability, maturity, and quality of your software development. 

There are basically two goals in software development:

1. To Finish!

2. High Quality

These goals can be achieved by asking questions.   The answers can be determined via metrics based on progress, distribution, and status.

This document is formatted as follows:  There are two main sections based on the goals.  Each main section are sub-divided into questions.  A display will then be presented which will help answer the question.

The metric displays are based on the pre-defined Sample Project.

The panels in the “goals” sections are defined in the Admin user’s private folder.

Goal 1: To Finish!

 

Finish the Planning

 

Q: How much planning have we done?

  

Panel: r3.d.Features by State

Chart Title: Distribution of Features by State

Description: This chart shows the how we are doing with respect to feature requirements.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Distribution

o Start Date: N/A

o End Date: N/A

o Interval: N/A

o Y-Axis:  Num Feature Reqs

o X-Axis: State

o Z-Axis: Not set

o Filters: Not set

o Display Type: Bar Chart

o Show Legend: Yes

o Placement: East

o Orientation: Vertical

o Display 3-D: Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation: 10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis: No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: Distribution of Features by State

o X-Axis: State

o Y-Axis: Count

Panel: r3.d.UseCases by State

Chart Title: Distribution of Use Cases by State

Description: This chart shows how we are doing with respect to use cases.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Distribution

o Start Date: N/A

o End Date:  N/A

o Interval: N/A

o Y-Axis:  Num Use Cases

o X-Axis:  State

o Z-Axis: Not set

o Filters:  Not set

o Display Type:  Bar Chart

o Show Legend: No

o Placement: East

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D: Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation: 10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: Distribution of Use Cases by State

o X-Axis:  State

o Y-Axis:  # of Use Cases

   

   

Finish the Entire Project

   

Q: How many more things must be done?

The charts in this section

Panel: r3.it2.t.Open Features

Chart Title:  Trend of Open Features

Description: This chart shows a trend of how many open features are remaining in iteration 2.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Trend

o Start Date: Not set

o End Date:  Not set

o Interval: Day

o Y-Axis:  Num Feature Reqs

o X-Axis: collectiondate

o Z-Axis: Not set

o Filters:

§ State = Prosposed

§ Iteration = 2

o Display Type:  Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement: East

o Orientation: Vertical

o Display 3-D: Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation : 10

o Rotation:  20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title:  Trend of Open Features

o X-Axis: Iteration

o Y-Axis: Count

Panel: r3.i2.t.Open Defects with Severity

Chart Title:  Trend of Open Defects with Severity

Description: This chart shows a trend of how many open defects are remaining in iteration 2.  The defects are overlayed by severity.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type:  Trend

o Start Date:  Not set

o End Date:  Not set

o Interval: Day

o Y-Axis:  Num Change Requests

o X-Axis:  collectiondate

o Z-Axis:  Severity (Selected values: 1-Critical, 2-Major, 3-Average, 4-Minor)

o Filters:

§ Iteration = 2

§ State NOT IN Closed

o Display Type:  Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement:  East

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D:  Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation:  10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: Trend of Open Defects with Severity

o X-Axis: Collection Date

o Y-Axis: Count

Panel: r3.it2.t.Open Use Cases

Chart Title:  Trend of Open Use Cases

Description:  This chart show a trend of how many open use cases are remaining in iteration 2.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Trend

o Start Date: Not set

o End Date: Not set

o Interval: Day

o Y-Axis:  Num Use Cases

o X-Axis: collectiondate

o Z-Axis: Not set

o Filters:

§ State = Proposed

§ Iteration = 2

o Display Type:  Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement:  East

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D:  Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation:  10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: Trend of Open Use Cases

o X-Axis: collectiondate

o Y-Axis: Count

 

 

Q: When will the quality be good enough to release?

  

Refer to panel r3.t.Open Features.

  

Refer to panel r3.it2.t.Open Use Cases.

   

Q: Are we making sufficient progress towards the end?

   

Panel: r3.t. Features

Chart Title:  Trend of Total Features

Description: This chart shows a trend of the total number of feature requirements over the life of the project.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Trend

o Start Date: Not set

o End Date:  Not set

o Interval: Day

o Y-Axis:  Num Feature Reqs

o X-Axis: calendardate

o Z-Axis: Not set

o Filters:  Not set

o Display Type:  Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement: East

o Orientation: Vertical

o Display 3-D: Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation : 10

o Rotation:  20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title:  Trend of Total Features

o X-Axis: Calendar Date

o Y-Axis: Count

Panel: r3.t.Open Features with State

Chart Title:  Trend of Open Features

Description: This chart shows a trend of open features over the life of the project.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Trend

o Start Date: Not set

o End Date:  Not set

o Interval: Day

o Y-Axis:  Num Feature Reqs

o X-Axis: calendardate

o Z-Axis: State (Approved, Incorporated, Proposed)

o Filters:  Not set

o Display Type:  Stack Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement: East

o Orientation: Vertical

o Display 3-D: Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation : 10

o Rotation:  20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o X-Axis: Calendar Date

o Y-Axis: Count

Panel: r3.t.Use Cases

Chart Title:  Trend of Total Use Cases

Description: This chart shows the trend of total number of use cases over the life of the project.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Trend

o Start Date: Not set

o End Date:  Not set

o Interval: Day

o Y-Axis:  Num Use Cases

o X-Axis: collectiondate

o Z-Axis: Not set

o Filters:  Not set

o Display Type:  Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement: East

o Orientation: Vertical

o Display 3-D: Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation : 10

o Rotation:  20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title:  Trend of Total UseCases

o X-Axis: Collection Date

o Y-Axis: Count

Panel: r3.t.Open Use Cases with State

Chart Title:  Trend of Open Use Cases

Description: This chart shows the trend of open use cases over of the life of the project.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Trend

o Start Date: Not set

o End Date:  Not set

o Interval: Day

o Y-Axis:  Num Use Cases

o X-Axis: calendardate

o Z-Axis: State (Approved, Incorporated, Proposed)

o Filters:  Not set

§ State NOT IN Validated, Closed

o Display Type:  Stack Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement: East

o Orientation: Vertical

o Display 3-D: Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation : 10

o Rotation:  20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title:  Trend of Open Use Cases

o X-Axis: Calendar Date

o Y-Axis: Count

Panel: r3.t.Defects

Chart Title:  Trend of Total Defects

Description: This chart shows the trend of total number of defects over the life of project ClassicsPOS.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Trend

o Start Date: Not set

o End Date:  Not set

o Interval: Day

o Y-Axis:  Num Change Requests

o X-Axis: collectiondate

o Z-Axis: Not set

o Filters: 

§ Project = ClassicsPOS

o Display Type:  Stack Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  No

o Placement: East

o Orientation: Vertical

o Display 3-D: Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation : 10

o Rotation:  20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title:  Trend of Total Defects

o X-Axis: Collection Date

o Y-Axis: Count

Panel: r3.t.Open Defects with Severity

Chart Title:  Trend of Open Defects with Severity

Description: This chart shows the trend of open defects overlayed by severity plotted over the life of the project.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Trend

o Start Date: Not set

o End Date:  Not set

o Interval: Day

o Y-Axis:  Num Change Requests

o X-Axis: collectiondate

o Z-Axis: Severity (1-Critical, 2-Major,3-Average,4-Minor)

o Filters:  Not set

§ State NOT IN Closed

o Display Type:  Stack Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement: East

o Orientation: Vertical

o Display 3-D: Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation : 10

o Rotation:  20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title:  Trend of Open Defects with Severity

o X-Axis: Collection Date

o Y-Axis: Count

 

 

Goal 2: High Quality

  

Have a High Quality Product

  

Q: Is the product currently high quality?

 

Panel:  r3.i2.d.Defects by Severity with Priority

Chart Title:  Distribution of Open Defects by Severity with Priority

Description: This chart shows the breakdown of open defects by severity and overlayed by priority for iteration 2.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Distribution

o Start Date: N/A

o End Date: N/A

o Y-Axis:  Num Change Requests

o X-Axis: Severity

o Z-Axis: Priority (1-Resolve Immediately, 2-Give High Attention, 3-Normal Queue, 4-Low Priority)

o Filters:

§ State NOT IN Closed

§ Iteration = 2

o Display Type:  Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement:  East

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D:  Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation:  10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label:

o Show horizontal grid:

o Reverse x-axis:

o Show y-axis label:

o Show vertical grid:

o Reverse y-axis:

o Title: Distribution of Open Defects by Severity with Priority

o X-Axis:  severity

o Y-Axis: Count

Q: Is the quality improving?

Panel: t.Defects with Severity

Chart Title:  Trend of Defects

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type:  Trend

o Start Date: N/A

o End Date: N/A

o Interval: Day

o Y-Axis:  Num Change Requests

o X-Axis: calendardate

o Z-Axis: Severity (1-Critical, 2-Major, 3-Average, 4-Minor)

o Filters:  Not set

o Display Type:  Stack Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement:  East

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D:  Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation:  10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: Trend of Defects

o X-Axis: Calendar Date

o Y-Axis: Count

 

 

Additional Panels of Interest

 

These panel show overall status of the Sample Project.  These panels are defined in the Public Folders.

 

Distribution of Defects

 

Panel: Distribution of Defects

Chart Title:  By State

Description: This chart shows a breakdown of defects by state.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Distribution

o Start Date: N/A

o End Date: N/A

o Interval: N/A

o Y-Axis:  Num Change Requests

o X-Axis: State

o Z-Axis: Not set

o Filters: Not set

o Display Type:  Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement:  South

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D:  Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation:  10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: By State

o X-Axis: ViewBy

o Y-Axis: Count

Chart Title:  By Priority

Description: This chart shows a breakdown of defects by priority.

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Distribution

o Start Date: N/A

o End Date: N/A

o Interval: N/A

o Y-Axis:  Num Change Requests

o X-Axis: Priority

o Z-Axis: Not set

o Filters: Not set

o Display Type:  Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement:  East

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D:  Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation:  10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: By Priority

o X-Axis: View By

o Y-Axis: Count

Chart Title:  CR by State, Priority

Description: This chart shows a breakdown of defects by state overlayed by priority.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Distribution

o Start Date: N/A

o End Date: N/A

o Interval: N/A

o Y-Axis:  Num Change Requests

o X-Axis: State

o Z-Axis: Priority

o Filters: Not set

o Display Type:  Stack Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement:  East

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D:  Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation:  10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis:  No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: CR by State, Priority

o X-Axis: ViewBy

o Y-Axis: Count

Release 3.0 Report Card

Panel: Release 3.0 Report Card

Indicator Title: High Severity/High Priority Defects

Description: This indicator show the status of high severity/high priority defects.

Shows:

Indicator Properties:

o Upper Threshold: 10.0

o Lower Threshold: Not set

o Severity = 1-Critical

o Priority IN 1-Resolve Immediately, 2-Give High Attention

o Collectiondate_name = 2000-12-13

Gauge Title: Current Iteration Use Case Completion

Description: This gauge shows the status of number of use cases completed.

Shows:

Gauge Properties:

o Min: 0.0

o Max: 30.0

o Upper Threshold: 5.0

o Lower Threshold: 4.0

o State = Incorporated

o Collectiondate_name = 2000-12-12

Chart Title: Open Defects by Severity with Priority

Description: This chart shows a breakdown of open defects by severity and overlayed by priority.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Distribution

o Start Date: N/A

o End Date: N/A

o Interval: N/A

o Y-Axis:  Num Change Requests

o X-Axis: Severity

o Z-Axis: Priority (1-Resolve Immediately, 2-Give High Attention, 3-Normal Queue, 4-Low-Priority)

o Filters:

§ State NOT IN Closed, Validated

o Display Type:  Stack Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement:  East

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D:  Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation:  10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis: No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: Open Defects by Severity with Priority

o X-Axis: Severity

o Y-Axis: # of Defects

Chart Title: Use Cases by Iteration with State

Description: This chart shows the breakdown of the number use cases by iteration and overlayed by state.

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Distribution

o Start Date: N/A

o End Date: N/A

o Interval: N/A

o Y-Axis:  Num Use Cases

o X-Axis: iteration

o Z-Axis: State (Approved, Incorporated, Proposed)

o Filters:  Not set

o Display Type:  Stack Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement:  East

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D:  Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation:  10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis: No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: Use Cases by Iteration with State

o X-Axis: Iteration

o Y-Axis: # of Use Cases

Chart Title: Trend of Code Churn

Description: This chart shows the trend of code churn (lines changed, inserted, and deleted).

Shows:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Trend

o Start Date: Not set

o End Date: Not set

o Interval: Month

o Y-Axis: 

§ Lines Changed

§ Lines Inserted

§ Lines Deleted

o X-Axis: operationdate

o Z-Axis: N/A

o Filters:  Not set

o Display Type:  Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement:  East

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D:  Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation:  10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis: No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: Trend of Code Churn

o X-Axis: Checkin Date

o Y-Axis: Lines of Code

Chart Title: Trend of Features with State

Description: This chart shows the trend of number of feature requirements overlayed by state.

Show:

Chart Properties:

o Chart Type: Trend

o Start Date: Not set

o End Date: Not set

o Interval: Day

o Y-Axis: Num Feature Reqs

o X-Axis: calendardate

o Z-Axis: State

o Filters:  Not set

o Display Type:  Bar Chart

o Show Legend:  Yes

o Placement:  East

o Orientation:  Vertical

o Display 3-D:  Yes

o Depth: 20

o Elevation:  10

o Rotation: 20

o Show x-axis label: Yes

o Show horizontal grid: No

o Reverse x-axis: No

o Show y-axis label: Yes

o Show vertical grid: No

o Reverse y-axis: No

o Title: Trend of Features with State

o X-Axis: Action Date

o Y-Axis: # of Features