Welcome to the Software Solutions product scavenger hunt! The goal of this activity is to build on the FinishLine guide doc to really understand all parts of FinishLine. Each line is a task or challenge to complete. Expand them to check you answers once you’ve tried to accomplish the activity independently.
The first part of the scavenger hunt deals with looking up where certain features are in FinishLine.
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| title | Find Your The Ravens Team, [...], and check the team details |
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Navigate to the teams page Click to expand that team item
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| title | Change Your theme to light mode, then back to dark mode. Take a screenshot of light mode, and dark mode |
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Click on settings icon in the top right of the screen Scroll down to the theme section Click on the edit button Switch to light mode Click save. Once loaded, take a screenshot Click the edit button again Switch back to dark mode, take a screenshot Click save
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| title | Find project [WBS - Name1.1.0 - Impact Attenuator], take a screenshot of the current gantt and current risk log |
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Navigate to the projects page Scroll down to the specific project
Click into the project Find the risk log section, take a screen shot Scroll down to the Gantt section, take a screen shot
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| title | Find a specific the Bodywork Concept of Design work package that is part of the Impact Attenuator Project [...] |
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If you are in the project, scroll down to the work package accordion If not, navigate to the project again Once at the accordion page, click on the work package to expand it
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| title | Change the progress of this work package from [...] to [...]0 to 33% |
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Go to the expected activities section, check off half of the itemsone item OR Go to the deliverables section, check off half one of the items
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| title | Find a an ISSUE change request which is a [type] made by [user]Joe Shmoe |
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Go to the change requests page You can choose to filter by type Scroll down for the change request, identify correct user Click into this change request, take a screenshot of the change request details
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| title | Find the slide deck of Project [...]the Battery Box project |
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Go to the project page Find the project Click into the project Go to the links section of the project details Click to copy the link address
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| title | Create a new Project, Called [...] (I'm thinking something like Traction Control)Traction Control, with Project Lead Thomas Emrax and Project Manager Amy Smith. Put it as a 6 week duration with a budget of $150 |
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Create a change request from a relevant project. Either request a change from a specific project, or make a change request from the main change request page. Do this as a member. Add in relevant details, like reason [… reason …] Add in a proposed solution, with the extra time this adds, and the extra duration Approve this change request (switch to being an admin / leadership). Switch back to being a member. Implement the change request by creating a new project Provide the relevant information it asks for. Once created, edit the project to add in information Project Lead will be [ … ]Thomas Emrax Project manager will be [ … ]Amy Smith Duration will be the duration you set in the change request, budget same Links can be added as just a sample link, anything works (in real flow, we would make each of the items correctly
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| title | Create a Research Work Package, called Traction Research for the previous ProjectTraction Control project. It should have the same project lead / manager info, a 2 week duration, and a start date of today. Add any deliverables or extended details you want, at least 3 |
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From the change request that created the project, choose to implement it; Create a new work package
Put in relevant information from the creation form [Put all info that you need] Duration of 2 weeks
Edit information to add the following details Edit in the project lead and project manager, and the budget
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| title | Create a Design Work Package, called Traction Design for the previous Project. It should have the same project lead / manager info, a 2 week duration, and a start date of today. Add any deliverables or extended details you want, at least 3 |
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From the change request that created the project, choose to implement it; Create a new work package
Put in relevant information from the creation form [Put all info that you need] Duration of 2 weeks
Edit information to add the following details Edit in the project lead and project manager, and the budget
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| title | Create an Assembly / Manufacturing Work Package, called Traction Assembly for the previous Project. It should have the same project lead / manager info, a 2 week duration, and a start date of today. Add any deliverables or extended details you want, at least 3 |
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From the change request that created the project, choose to implement it; Create a new work package
Put in relevant information from the creation form [Put all info that you need] Duration of 2 weeks
Edit information to add the following details Edit in the project lead and project manager, and the budget
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| title | Activate the research work package |
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Navigate to the projects page Find the project you created, click it to open up the project Go to the work package section and find the Research work package Click on Actions → Activate Fill in the date, project lead (…), project manager (…)
Swap users to review the request, approve the activation change request Once approved, verify the status is active → take a screenshot
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| title | Change the budget of the research work package - Add 20 dollars. The reason should be an Estimation research - more expensive componenets. |
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Navigate to to the work package in question Click on actions → Request Change Fill out the information for this change request description Reason → [ … ]Estimation. Label; components are more expensive
Add a proposed solution, with no scope impact and no timeline impact, but a budget impact of 30 dollars Create the change request, and switch accounts to approve it Select the relevant proposed solution to approve
Once approved, implement the change request → edit work package Update the budget amount
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| title | Stage gate the research work package to make it complete. Screenshot the work package when its status is complete |
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Go to the work package in question Request a change → Stage gate Reload the page to change users Go to the change request page, select the stage gate change request that was created Approve it Screenshot the status to confirm that it is complete
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| title | Activate the Design Work Package of the newly created project. Screenshot the work package when its status is active |
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Navigate to the projects page Find the project you created, click it to open up the project Go to the work package section and find the Design work package Click on Actions → Activate Fill in the date, project lead (…Thomas Emrax), project manager (…Amy Smith)
Swap users to review the request, approve the activation change request Once approved, verify the status is active → take a screenshot
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| title | Add a risk of needing more time to the Design for the project, that communicates that something will conflict with the handling subteam. |
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Go to the new project page Make sure you are at least leadership level Click add risk In the popup, say “[…] may add time to the project”conflict with the handling sub team” Click submit
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| title | Add a few more risks, of any content |
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Same process to adding the individual risk Make sure you are at least leadership level Go to the risk section Click add risk Add a description Click submit Repeat at least 2 times
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| title | Delete a Risk (not the first one created), and escalate the duration change risk to a change request |
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Go to the risk log section Make sure you are at least leadership level To delete; Select the check box to the left of the risk you want to delete When the icon becomes a trash can, delete it
To escalate; Click on the arrow to the right of the duration risk Change the type to definition change Fill in remaining information, adding 2 weeks to the timeline impact No scope or budget impacts
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| title | Change the duration of the Design work package from the previous change request |
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Request a change to change the duration Make sure you are at least leadership level Find the change request (type; definition change) Switch accounts to review and approve Once approved, swap back and implement the change request → edit work package Add the relevant duration change
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