Develop a Work Product Usage structure

In the Work Product Usage view, you can create a process by defining which work products will be created and used in the process, and then finding responsible roles and tasks from there. You can also review the work products in a process that has been created by adding tasks or roles to the process.

Before you create a work product usage structure, ensure that the configuration selected in the tool bar is the same as the configuration that you selected as the default configuration for your process.

To develop a work product usage structure:

  1. To access the work product usage editor, in the process editor, click the Work Product Usage tab.
    Note: For the purposes of this topic, the breakdown element example used is Activity. Other breakdown elements include (but are not limited to) Phase and Iteration. The element that you use depends on the scope of the process that you create.
  2. Right-click the element (either a Capability Pattern or Delivery Process) to which you want to add structure, and click New Child > Activity to create a new activity. If needed, create more activities to set up your breakdown structure. Activities (in addition to phases and iterations) can be nested inside each other according to how each relates in the hierarchy.
  3. Review the list of work products in the Configuration View. In this view, work products are sorted by domain and work product kinds. Drill into either of these hierarchies to see which work products are available in this configuration.
  4. Select a work product to add to the activity and then drag it on top of the activity to which you want it to belong. The work product is added as a work product descriptor to that activity. If the work product is an output to one or more tasks in the configuration, a wizard opens prompting you to add the task.
    Remember: It is not required to add a task. A valid process can contain just roles and work products.
  5. Specify the entry and exit states of the work product for the activity to which it was added.
  6. Review the new work product descriptor details in the Properties view. If the Properties view is not displayed, right-click the work product descriptor in the process editor, and then click Show Properties View. Use the tabs on the side of the Properties view to review different aspects of the work product descriptor. In the Properties view, you can also perform individual modifications of the work product descriptor, such as change the presentation name, add textual descriptions, add entry and exit states, and more.
  7. Continue adding work products to your activities.