Project Management - Focused Build Projects

You can use the Project Management - Focused Build Projects application for planning and scheduling Focused Build projects.

You can start Project Management - Focused Build Projects from the SAP Solution Manager launchpad. The application has a landing page and a project view.

Landing Page

On the landing page, the projects are displayed in the project list. To find specific projects, you can specify selection criteria in the filter bar and choose Go.
On the landing page, you can do the following:

  • Create projects.

  • Assign build projects to main projects.

  • Add build projects to existing synchronized main projects.

  • Open the project view for a project.

Creating and Using Variants

Filters for the project status values Created, Locked, and Released are predefined in the delivered Standard variant.

You can save the filter settings of a search as a variant:

  1. Set the filters and run a search.

  2. Choose the variant switch.

  3. Choose Save As.

  4. Enter a name for the variant.

To use a variant, choose the variant switch and select the variant.

Project View

You edit and schedule a project in the project view. To open the project view for a project, on the landing page in the project list, choose the project ID or project name.

The project view contains the following features:

  • Tree view and table view

    The tree view of the project structure contains the project elements, that is, the waves, sprints, and milestones of the project. The table next to the tree view contains fields for the start dates, the end dates, and sort numbers of the project elements that are used to schedule the project. Other fields contain information about the releases and the work packages and work items assigned to the project elements.

  • Gantt chart

    The Gantt chart visualizes the scheduling of the project elements on a timeline. In the Gantt chart of a main project, you can expand (or collapse) the structure for the underlying build projects and edit the related dates and project details.

  • Details pane

    The Details pane contains basic information about the project or the project element.

    To open the Details pane for the project or for a project element, such as a wave or a sprint, in the tree view, select the header row or select the row of the respective project element and then choose the Details button.

    In the Details pane, you can do the following:

    • Assign a release to the project and the waves.

    • Set the severity.

    • Maintain details, such as the name and a description.

    • Assign or change the person responsible for the project by first choosing the responsible role and then the responsible resource. To unassign a responsible resource, click on the icon (clean) left in the field.

  • Link to the Solution Documentation

    You can open a window to view the solution, the branch, and the change cycle of the release component assigned to the project. From there, you can directly navigate to the solution, branch, and change cycle in the Solution Documentation.

    If you have already assigned the project to a release and thereby to a solution and a branch, you can assign public scopes defined in the Solution Documentation to the project.

  • Work Packages and Work Items

    You can navigate to the related work packages or work items in the Mass Change Operations app.

  • Risks

    You create risk documents for the project.

  • Link to the project in the Project Management UI of SAP Solution Manager

    Choose the project ID to navigate to the standard Project Management UI of SAP Solution Manager if you want to use advanced functions.

  • Open the Solution Readiness Dashboard

    You can open to the Solution Readiness Dashboard to check the status of the project.