© 2012 IBM Corporation 12/19/2013 Rational Team Concert – User Administration Bruce Besch

© 2012 IBM Corporation2 Overview of this Deck Adding Users to Team Areas Setting a Users Role Adding, Removing or Describing a Role Permissions Timelines / Iterations Creating Team Areas Creating Categories Creating Streams Modifying Work Items Adding Work Items Templates Modifying Work Item Templates Workflows Steps to Enable a New Project Team

© 2012 IBM Corporation3 Overview of this Deck This administration slide deck is meant to help you find answers quickly on how to do certain administrative functions within RTC. This deck is not meant to take you through every scenario that will come up, nor will it take you step by step on what to do. It is not meant to be a replacement for the online help system, but will aid in those times you need some help remembering. This deck contains screen shots from project areas that may not be your own, but are merely examples. There are three parts to each page –Short description of where you can do it and why you would do it –Screenshot of where to find the area within RTC that you need to get to (place to add people to team area, place to add a new role, etc) –Link to the online help system for that specific topic, which will cover it in greater detail.

© 2012 IBM Corporation4 Adding Users to Team Areas Where: right click on the team area (Team Organization view). Click Add in the Members section Why: you may need to add new users (don’t forget to add their role) More Help: Team Area Concept:

© 2012 IBM Corporation5 Setting a Users Role Where: right click on the team area (Team Organization view), choose Open and look at the members section on the overview tab. Why : you may need to change a users role on a team. More Help:

© 2012 IBM Corporation6 Adding, Removing or Describing a Role Where: right click on the project area (Team Artifacts view), choose Open. Navigate to the Process Configuration tab (bottom section of new area that just opened up) and click on Roles. Why : You may need to add a new role, remove an existing role, or update the description of a Role. Remember, this is only defining the role itself. You’ll need to modify the permissions under Project Configuration and Team Configuration for each role. More Help:

© 2012 IBM Corporation7 Permissions Where: right click on the project area (Team Artifacts view) and choose Open. It is on the Process Configuration tab under both Project Configuration and Team Configuration Why: you may want give a specific role more or less permissions. Remember, roles should be set for most resources at the team area level. Users given specific roles at a certain level will have those roles/permissions, cascaded down through the sub-teams. Example – assigning someone to the Accounts team area will give them the same rights at the Accounts Team 1, Accounts Team 2, etc levels. More Help:

© 2012 IBM Corporation8 Timelines / Iterations Where: right click on the project area (Team Artifacts view) and choose Open. On the Overview tab, right hand side Why: you will need to add new timelines when you add a new project team. After a timeline is created, you will create a team area. More Help:

© 2012 IBM Corporation9 Creating Team Areas Where: right click on the team area (Team Organization view) Why: for all new project teams you’ll need to create a new team area for them. Don’t forget to add the Timeline first, so you can choose what timeline to associate it with. More Help:

© 2012 IBM Corporation10 Where : right click on the project area (Team Artifacts view) and choose Open. Tab is on the bottom. Why : for all new project teams you’ll need to create a new team area for them. You’ll also want to create a Category which will help organize work items. Categories show up in the Filed Against field on a work item. More Help: Creating Categories

© 2012 IBM Corporation11 Where: expand the project area (Team Artifacts view), right click on Source Control, New, Stream Why: for all new project teams you’ll need to create a new timeline or iteration, a team area and a stream. You may also want to update the process governance flow diagram to see where they fit in More Help: Creating Streams

© 2012 IBM Corporation12 Modifying Work Items Where: right click on the project area (Team Artifacts view) and choose Open. On the Process Configuration tab, go to Project Configuration => Configuration Data => Work Items Why: there is quite a bit to customize with work items, but be careful to fully understand the impacts of making changes, especially removing values. You can add work item types, custom attributes, enumerations (List of Values), workflows and more. More Help:

© 2012 IBM Corporation13 Adding Work Item Templates Where: from the top menu, choose File => Import => Team = Work Item Template Why: you may need to add work item templates, or modify existing ones. You actually cannot edit work item templates with RTC, so you’ll need to remove it if it is not needed, or re-import it and overwrite the existing one (shown on next slide). More Help:

© 2012 IBM Corporation14 Modifying Work Item Templates Where: right click on the project area (Team Artifacts view) and choose Open. On the Process Configuration tab, go to Project Configuration=>Configuration Data=>Work Items=>Templates Why: you may need to update an existing work item template. You actually cannot edit work item templates within RTC, remove it if it is not needed, or re-import it and overwrite the existing one (previous slide). You can use a decent text editor to edit the XML file, if you don’t have an XML editor. More Help:

© 2012 IBM Corporation15 Workflows Where: right click on the project area (Team Artifacts view) and choose Open. On the Process Configuration tab. Go to Project Configuration => Configuration Data => Work Items => Workflows Why: you may want to add additional states, remove states, or modify transitions between states More Help:

© 2012 IBM Corporation16 Steps to Enable a New Project Team When a new project team wants to use Rational Team Concert, you’ll need to set them up in the existing project area. The steps below outline what is needed to be done: 1.Create a timeline and appropriate iterations. Each project team will have their own timeline and iterations. 2.Create a team area, associate the timeline, add team members and assign roles. 3.Create the work item category and associate it with the newly created team area. 4.Create a stream, add the three components, add the flow target(s), identify default and current flow targets and save.