Easy Project Setup

Easy Project Setup is a guided procedure to set up Focused Build projects.

Context

You use the Easy Project Setup procedure to synchronously schedule multiple main projects, build projects, or single projects.

Easy Project Setup provides the following:

Agile project approach: Timing of sprints, waves, and phases
Timing of Q-Gates and milestones
Creation of projects and release assignment
Wave / release number assignment
Project naming and creation for main/build projects
Option to create main/build projects as synchronized projects

Note

With report /SALM/FB_PROJECT_SYNC, you can do the following:

- Enable synchronization between existing Main and Build Projects for new Waves

- Disable synchronization between projects

- Perform housekeeping for synchronization data

For more information, see the detailed documentation in the report view under .

If you want to create an individual schedule, you can use the manual approach. On the landing page of the Project Management app, choose Create Project. For more information, see Creating Focused Build Projects.

Prerequisites

You have defined a change control landscape.
You have defined releases and assigned them to a change control landscape.

Procedure

The procedure consists of several steps. In the Easy Project Setup wizard, you can see the current step and navigate between steps using the navigation bar at the top of the window. You can adjust the displayed default values to your needs.

On the landing page of the Project Management app, choose Easy Project Setup.

The Easy Project Setup wizard opens.
On the Agile Project Approach tab page, you define sprints, waves, and phase durations.
On the Q-Gates and Milestones Approach tab page, you define the following:
- Timing of Q-gates related to phase or wave end dates
- Timing of milestones related to wave and sprint timeframes
On the Creation of Projects and Release Assignment tab page, you define the following:
- Project start date
- Project type: Choose to create a Main Project with multiple build projects or one Single Project.
- Number of parallel build projects
- Choose the Synchronized date / status update via Main Project option if you want to enable synchronizing of status, dates, and sorting number of projects, phases, and tasks between the main project and its related build projects.
  
  Note
  
  This update process works only in one direction – from main project to build projects – and only takes place after saving the main project. Synched projects are marked with  in the project list on the landing page and in the detail view.
- Release
On the Wave / Release Number Assignment tab page, you can assign dedicated releases per wave. Check if Project Waves / End Date is consistent with the Release Go-Live Date. You can adjust either the wave schedule in the wizard or the release schedule in Release Planning.
On the Project Naming and Creation for Main/Build Projects tab page, you define the following:
- Project IDs and project names of your projects
- Main language and additional language for your projects (optional)
To start the project creation and scheduling, choose Create Projects.