Those who works are used to work with IBM Rational ClearQuest obviously have a sense of a small limitation of its capabilities in the area of clear activities planning for change requests (tasks, bug reports etc.). That is they can set up the requests to show task chain, dates, workload etc but all this will be shown as usual list of tasks. And to change anything in several tasks they should enter every task separately and fulfill the number of monotonous actions. This problem related to the work with complex hierarchical tasks and plans can be easily settled with the module GanttChart 1.0 for ClearQuest.
GanttChart for ClearQuest can be applied interesting for everyone who uses IBM Rational ClearQuest and is in shortage of the project management capabilities. Our module doesn’t substitute for existing project management tools but adds the operational sections into IBM Rational tools instead (perhaps in next versions we’ll cope to transfer the most of MS Project functions into ClearQuest).
The module considerably simplifies the management of the complex hierarchical tasks. This allows freeing project managers of routine operations and focusing on the main task.
GanttChart for ClearQuest – is the new generation module that is intended for concerted operations with IBM Rational ClearQuest Eclipse. All project management functions of the module are available immediately after its installation in the standard menu of IBM ClearQuest.
GanttChart for ClearQuest is the very flexible solution which allows setting up any change requests with any relations and any nesting level, granting meanwhile the fine tuning of additional fields.
Here are the fundamental capabilities of GanttChart for ClearQuest:
1. Multiplatform. Our module is being incorporated into the Eclipse client of IBM Rational ClearQuest and works on different platforms of Widows and Unix.
2. There is no necessity of additional software. Everything works in one tool - IBM Rational ClearQuest. The exceptions are the functions of budgeting, resource distribution and portfolio management.
3. The only one data source and the synchronization in real time. The module allows showing the real state of projecting activities basing on the last changes in IBM Rational ClearQuest. There is no necessity to make additional synchronization or data duplication for it. All visualization functions are real time.
4. All functions of IBM Rational ClearQuest are still accessible. Because of module embedding into IBM Rational ClearQuest the user has an access to the planning capabilities by Gantt diagram and to all the functions of IBM Rational ClearQuest (building requests, reports, graphs etc) at the same time.
GanttChart for ClearQuest allows to the project managers and administrators:
1. Analyzing the project status in real time scale.
2. Agile correcting the project plan.
3. Saving project manager’s time for the replanning of request groups (change requests and extension requests). Especially within service oriented approach when a great number of requests every day require a special attention.
4. Effectively distributing the resources.
5. Transferring requests from one state to another on-the-fly.
6. Shifting the groups of tasks and requests (change planned dates) in drag-and-drop mode.
GanttChart for ClearQuest allows to the project members:
1. To see their own workload on the whole pool of requests at once (tasks, defects, requests etc).
2. To work with task plan comfortable and as usual.
