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How do iteration plans relate to process iterations?


Russell Wright (1114) | asked Sep 12 '07, 8:20 a.m.
Iteration plans appear to be the concrete entities for defining work items and the time lines for completing those work items. However, it's not clear to me how the iteration plans relate to the various levels in the hierarchy of process iterations, or how to create an iteration plan at a particular level in the hierarchy.

- What is the relationship between iteration plans and process iterations?

- How do I create an iteration plan at different levels in the process iteration hierarchy, and why would I want to create different iteration plans at different levels of the process iteration hierarchy?

- What are the best practices and example scenarios for defining iteration plans?

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Michael Schneider (886) | answered Sep 13 '07, 3:31 a.m.
JAZZ DEVELOPER
Hi Russell,

it's not clear to me how the iteration plans relate to the various
levels in the hierarchy of process iterations, or how to create an
iteration plan at a particular level in the hierarchy.

The the work item editor and well as the planning component currently
support the the first two hierarchy levels of iterations. The first
level, the project phase, contains multiple milestones and is usually
used to refer to a complete release cycle. You might want to try using a
project phase iteration plan to track RFS items etc.
The second level, called milestones, is used to plan the work done for
milestones. usually, you will plan defects or tasks to be resolved in a
certain milestone.
We do not support creating plans for the third level, milestone phases.
This hierarchy level is used to split a milestone in phases, eg
development, stabilization, endgame etc. It allows you to define
different process specifications for the different phases.

You can create a Iteration Plan for a project phase or milestone by
opening the context menu on the "Plans" folder and select "New" ->
"Iteration plan". Simply select the appropriate project phase or
milestone in the "Iteration" drop down.

- What is the relationship between iteration plans and process
iterations?

Process defines the iterations in the project area editor, work items
are planned for one of those iterations. You can create a plan for an
iteration; it basically describes a work item query for a given
iteration and team area and allows you to manage these planned work
items in the iteration plan editor. The attached text pages allow you to
write down free-form planning information.


- How do I create an iteration plan at different levels in the
process iteration hierarchy, and why would I want to create different
iteration plans at different levels of the process iteration
hierarchy?

see above


- What are the best practices and example scenarios for defining
iteration plans?


Our teams track the work assigned for a milestone using a plan. The
plans are usually created by the team lead before the iteration begins
or shortly afterwards. The iteration plans contain an overview page
describing themes for the milestone etc. Some plans also have attached
pages for additional, important milestone information (build notes, test
plans...)
Some teams also track RFS items, themes and work that needs to be done
for the 0.6 release but are not yet planned for a milestone in a 0.6
(project phase) plan.
You might want to have a look at
https://jazz.net/jazz/web/projects/Jazz%20Project#action=jazz.viewPage&id=com.ibm.team.apt.web.PlanPerspective
to see examples on how we use the plans.

Hope this helps,
MikeS

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Jakub Jurkiewicz (59632) | answered Sep 13 '07, 4:28 a.m.
Iteration plans appear to be the concrete entities for defining work items and the time lines for completing those work items. However, it's not clear to me how the iteration plans relate to the various levels in the hierarchy of process iterations, or how to create an iteration plan at a particular level in the hierarchy.

It is explained pretty well in the 'Getting Started with Jazz Project Areas and Process' (https://jazz.net/learn/LearnItem.jsp?href=content/docs/process/index.html#Overview_of_the_Team_Process_User) tech note.

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