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Formal Project Management RTC v3


Marco Delato (512114) | asked Dec 02 '10, 4:19 a.m.
Hi,
I'm trying RTC v3 Formal Management Process.
I planned two tasks WorkItems (let's say A and B).
Both of them have been set as ASAP Constraint Type.
A is the predecessor of B.
A is Closed (and Fixed).
If I StartWork on B (set as Work In Progress State) I catch the following warning: Work item is started before its predecessor work item is complete (see the image below).

How to avoid this warning ?

Thanks in advance,
Marco

Screenshot:
http://stodelat.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/taskdependency.jpg

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Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k33035) | answered Dec 03 '10, 12:08 a.m.
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Your screen shot was clipped at a point which might be interesting ...
the red-outlined item is a predecessor of another item (off the screen)
.... what is the state of that off-screen item?

Cheers,
Geoff

On 12/2/2010 4:23 AM, primeur.jazz.net wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying RTC v3 Formal Management Process.
I planned two tasks WorkItems (let's say A and B).
Both of them have been set as ASAP Constraint Type.
A is the predecessor of B.
A is Closed (and Fixed).
If I StartWork on B (set as Work In Progress State) I catch the
following warning: Work item is started before its predecessor work
item is complete (see the image below).

How to avoid this warning ?

Thanks in advance,
Marco

Screenshot:
http://stodelat.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/taskdependency.jpg

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Marco Delato (512114) | answered Dec 03 '10, 5:38 a.m.
Hi Geoff,
sorry I didn't see that the screenshot had been cut!

Try and see the complete screenshot on http://stodelat.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/taskdependency.jpg

Thanks,
Marco




Your screen shot was clipped at a point which might be interesting ...
the red-outlined item is a predecessor of another item (off the screen)
.... what is the state of that off-screen item?

Cheers,
Geoff

On 12/2/2010 4:23 AM, primeur.jazz.net wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying RTC v3 Formal Management Process.
I planned two tasks WorkItems (let's say A and B).
Both of them have been set as ASAP Constraint Type.
A is the predecessor of B.
A is Closed (and Fixed).
If I StartWork on B (set as Work In Progress State) I catch the
following warning: Work item is started before its predecessor work
item is complete (see the image below).

How to avoid this warning ?

Thanks in advance,
Marco

Screenshot:
http://stodelat.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/taskdependency.jpg

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Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k33035) | answered Dec 03 '10, 3:08 p.m.
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Still shows up as clipped when I view it.
Note that I'm interested in the third line (i.e. the line below the one
with the red mark and error message).

Cheers,
Geoff

On 12/3/2010 5:53 AM, primeur.jazz.net wrote:
Hi Geoff,
sorry I didn't see that the screenshot had been cut!

Try and see the complete screenshot on
http://stodelat.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/taskdependency.jpg

Thanks,
Marco




gmclemmwrote:
Your screen shot was clipped at a point which might be interesting
..
the red-outlined item is a predecessor of another item (off the
screen)
.... what is the state of that off-screen item?

Cheers,
Geoff

On 12/2/2010 4:23 AM, primeur.jazz.net wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying RTC v3 Formal Management Process.
I planned two tasks WorkItems (let's say A and B).
Both of them have been set as ASAP Constraint Type.
A is the predecessor of B.
A is Closed (and Fixed).
If I StartWork on B (set as Work In Progress State) I catch the
following warning: Work item is started before its predecessor work
item is complete (see the image below).

How to avoid this warning ?

Thanks in advance,
Marco

Screenshot:
http://stodelat.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/taskdependency.jpg


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Marco Delato (512114) | answered Dec 06 '10, 9:51 a.m.
Geoff,
the error message is about its predecessor (NOT about the successor).
BTW the complete screenshot URL is:
http://stodelat.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/reqplan-complete1.jpg

Thanks,
Marco

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Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k33035) | answered Dec 06 '10, 12:53 p.m.
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Understood about what the error message said.
I did have some issues with pre-release versions of those features where
the error message was wrong/misleading, and just wanted to make sure
that wasn't the case here.

Unfortunately, the full screenshot did not show me anything that looked
wrong, so I don't have any ideas on what might be happening here.
You'll probably want to engage with Rational support on this one.

Here are some things to play with:
- Try removing that predecessor dependency, and verify this fixes the
error message.
- Try transitioning the predecessor to some other "complete" state
(perhaps a "validated" state?).
- Try re-opening the predecessor, and then completing it again (in case
there is some stale cached state in the web server).
- Refresh your browser page between each operation.
- Look at those other errors on that page ... are they the same message?

Cheers,
Geoff

On 12/6/2010 9:53 AM, primeur.jazz.net wrote:
Geoff,
the error message is about its predecessor (NOT about the successor).
BTW the complete screenshot URL is:
http://stodelat.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/reqplan-complete1.jpg

Thanks,
Marco

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