After you create changes, you can
group similar changes into initiatives. An initiative is work that is related to releases and applications that are centered
around a theme.
In the release tool, you can capture changes in your
work by creating change items. A change is a modification
that is made to a system such as a bug fix, new feature implementation,
task, or some other work. You can group related change items into
initiatives. For example, if a release contains several change items
that deal with improving performance, you can create an initiative
that is called Performance Improvements. Then, you can assign all
the performance-related change items to that initiative.
You
can also import changes from external products such as JIRA and IBM® Rational® Team Concert™. During the import process, Rational Team Concert and JIRA items are converted into changes. You assign
these changes to initiatives during the import process.
To associate changes with an initiative:
-
From the IBM UrbanCode™
Release
dashboard, click Initiatives, and then click Add
New.
- Complete the details on the page to create an initiative.
- Optional: To create a change, click the navigation
list arrow, click Changes then, click Add New, and then complete the details.
- To group change items into initiatives, on the Changes page, select a change item.
- In the Assign Selected To section,
choose an initiative, and then click Update.
Note: You can assign a work item to only one release
and one application, but you can assign a work item to multiple initiatives.
With multiple assignments, you can view the progress of work items
that deal with a similar theme, such as performance, over different
releases.