Will I get agile metrics if I import scrum template work items into a project area created using formal project management template?
Will I get agile metrics if I import scrum template work items into a project area created using formal project management template? I believe I can import workitems such as Epics, User stories etc into a life cycle project area setup with a formal project management template. Please let me know if agile metrics such as burndown, velocity and others can be created out of the box? Please advise. The Rational version is 6.0.6.1 Thanks.
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Scrum is an agile process, the Formal project management process is not.
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Ralph, Hi, Thank you for responding, I have a client (who are product based) and they are using a single project area (set up with a formal project management template) for all their incoming work requests from their clients. Now, each work request is identified with a number. Say "WI 123456" is a work item. A team area "WI 123456" is created under the project area for that work item. A year back a strategic project was initiated in agile and workitems types such as epics and stories were brought into this project area. Now they grouped functionalities for their MVP which is good and sought to implement the first MVP and so created a team area for that. Now they are using epics and stories within it because they imported those workitem types. But the out of the box agile charts such as burndown and velocity are not coming up or showing up. I have advised to create a separate project area for the agile one but the question they are asking is why the reports aren't coming up though the workitems have been imported into the project area created using formal project management template. I honestly have no answer to that and seeking a direction in this forum.
A project area set up with the formal planning template does not have the agile planning capabilities. Just by importing/recreating agile work item types does not produce any reportable data. Any existing reports require specific data and expect the data to be provided in the correct way.
