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The new version of GanttChart for ClearQuest is available!
Saturday, 15 May 2010
GanttChart for ClearQuest1.3 is a plug-in for IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1 or later version. This plug-in is of interest for everybody who uses IBM Rational ClearQuest and who lacks for project management functionality. The module does not substitute the existing project management tools. It just adds operational slices into IBM Rational. For most users, the functions provided by the plug-in are enough for planning and operation management (see more info).
New features in version 1.3:
1. Ability to demonstrate a workload diagram to the owners basing on the selected diagram or general workload by projects:
Building the owners workload diagram on basis of the Gantt chart built earlier or data from ClearQuest
Representing the owners workload diagram in two views: In task view with ability to perform planning; In bar chart vie
Building the workload diagram by owners
Distributing change requests into basic (for example, tasks that have planned dates and workload), and auxiliary (for example, defects and enhancement requests that do not have planned dates and workload) by workload
Splitting the workload diagram into sections by owners
Automatically synchronizing changes in the Gantt chart and the workload diagram to improve the effectiveness of planning
2. Support of "family" record types in queries. 3. Ability to export plans into MS Project or XML format. The following fields are being exported: ID, Headline, plan date, actual date, owner, hierarchy of tasks, relations between tasks. 4. Improved graphic user interface. 5. Improved performance of the application when working with large plans with deep hierarchy of tasks. 6. Reduced time of building the state diagram of change requests. 7. On our website, you can download the 15-day fully functional trial version.
This solution was developed as a result of an effort of both our specialists and our clients. The idea to create such solution has emerged as a result of close cooperation with our customers and deep understanding of their business problems. In most companies we have cooperated with the planning horizon for tasks and works is measured in months and quarters, but not years. Project managers have often to modify work schedule, update it, establish priorities, and set responsible persons. ClearQuest is a powerful tool that simplifies this process, but it has its limits. In ClearQuest, planning and representation of tasks is performed in flat view, but all managers are used to using the Gantt chart for planning. Unfortunately, the standard ClearQuest package does not provide users with such opportunity. GanttChart for ClearQuest allows managers to save a lot of time while preparing plans of work/tasks and exercising operational control over the project. In absolute terms, a manager spends about 12-16 minutes on rescheduling the average group of connected tasks without using GanttChart. Using GanttChart for ClearQuest, the same operation takes 10-15 seconds. So, using GanttChart for ClearQuest results in increasing the manager’s efficiency and manageability of the whole project. We are greatly pleased to have gained recognition of our contribution from IBM Corporation
Alexander Novichkov, CEO, CM-Consult, IBM Rational ClearQuest certify specialist.
CM-Consult’s GanttChart is a product that was wanted by many project managers using IBM Rational ClearQuest. It allows executing almost every PM’s task within IBM Rational ClearQuest in a new and agile way.
Vasily Razuvaykin, Former Rational sales specialist, IBM (2005-2007).
With GanttChart module my team achieved possibility to plan tasks for change requests resolving right after acceptance, in the same tool, without any intermediate steps. I recommend this tool as a rapid-planning extension to all teams, which use ClearQuest.
Rustam Zaydullin,
Lead analyst, SCM Specialist, TatNeft (Oil company).
This is a usefull and successful solution allowing to simplify a life to ClearQuest users who got used to work with Gantt charts. Visualisation of hierarchy and relationships of change requests of different types allows to accelerate the analysis of a current tasks' status and to make a decision faster.
Dmitry Lapygine, Rational Technical Specialist, IBM EE/A, SWG Department.
The major advantage of the GanttChart tool is the ability to graphically represent states of activities. When you have a large number of activities it is difficult to visually represent and estimate them using the grid view only. In such case, a chart is very useful. Another advantage is the possibility to modify dates of activities in graphic view (i.e. in a chart itself) that simplifies data updating in ClearQuest.
Jesuino Jose de Freitas Neto, IT Executive Manager, Banco do Nordeste do Brazil, Federal Bank of Brazil
CM-Consult GanttChart is featured in the IBM Global Solutions Directory ID 41151
Video
Complete demonstration (youtube video and audio comments)
Scenario of the video:
Connecting to the ClearQuest database
Configuring the GanttChart for ClearQuest module
Mapping fields for ALMAcivity
Mapping fields for ALMTask
Mapping fields for ALMRequest
Configuring relations between ALMActivity, ALMTask, ALMRequest
Planning works according to the ALMRequest change request using GanttChart for ClearQuest
Creating a new ALMRequest change request
Executing a query for the new ALMRequest change request
Starting the GanttChart for ClearQuest module
Building the Gantt chart on basis of the executed query
Creating the ALMTask child tasks for ALMRequest
Importing the results of tasks creation into the Gantt chart
Creating the ALActivity child works for ALMTask
Importing the results of works creation into the Gantt chart
Planning dates for the new ALMActivity, ALMTask, ALMRequest
Saving the results of the planning
Analyzing and correcting possible mistakes made while working with the mandatory fields
Saving the results of the planning
Demonstrating the results of the planning in ClearQuest
Simulating the developer’s work
Starting to work with ALMActivity (specifying the actual start date)
Finishing to work with ALMActivity (specifying the actual finish date)
Building the Gantt chart on basis of several ALMRequest change requests
Enabling sections for the Gantt chart
Executing query for all ALMRequest change requests
Starting the GanttChart for ClearQuest module
Building the Gantt chart on basis of the executed query
GanttChart for ClearQuest
