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Software Product Scavenger Hunt

Software Product Scavenger Hunt

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.

 

  1. Navigate to the teams page

  2. Click to expand that team item

  1. Click on settings icon in the top right of the screen

  2. Scroll down to the theme section

  3. Click on the edit button

  4. Switch to light mode

  5. Click save. Once loaded, take a screenshot

  6. Click the edit button again

  7. Switch back to dark mode, take a screenshot

  8. Click save

  1. Navigate to the projects page

    1. Scroll down to the specific project

  2. Click into the project

  3. Find the risk log section, take a screen shot

  4. Scroll down to the Gantt section, take a screen shot

 

  1. If you are in the project, scroll down to the work package accordion

  2. If not, navigate to the project again

  3. Once at the accordion page, click on the work package to expand it

  1. Click into the work package from the accordion section

  2. Copy the project lead, duration, and status from the details section

  3. Scroll down to the expected details section, take a screenshots

  1. Go to the expected activities section, check off one item OR

  2. Go to the deliverables section, check off one of the items

  1. Go to the change requests page

  2. You can choose to filter by type

  3. Scroll down for the change request, identify correct user

  4. Click into this change request, take a screenshot of the change request details

 

  1. Go to the project page

  2. Find the project

  3. Click into the project

  4. Go to the links section of the project details

    1. Click to copy the link address

  1. Navigate to the home page

  2. Look in the helpful links

  3. Click on the Project Update Log link

  1. Navigate to the home page

  2. Look in the helpful links

  3. Click on the procurement form link

  1. Go to the info page

  2. Check on calendars

  3. Click on the public URL for the software meetings (take a screenshot)

  4. Click on the public URL for the club-wide meetings & events (take a screenshot)

 

The second part of the Scavenger hunt will take through the project creation pipeline.

 

  1. 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.

  2. Add in relevant details, like reason [… reason …]

  3. Add in a proposed solution, with the extra time this adds, and the extra duration

  4. Approve this change request (switch to being an admin / leadership).

  5. Switch back to being a member. Implement the change request by creating a new project

  6. Provide the relevant information it asks for.

  7. Once created, edit the project to add in information

    1. Project Lead will be Thomas Emrax

    2. Project manager will be Amy Smith

    3. Duration will be the duration you set in the change request, budget same

    4. Links can be added as just a sample link, anything works (in real flow, we would make each of the items correctly

  8. Click save

  1. From the change request that created the project, choose to implement it;

    1. Create a new work package

  2. Put in relevant information from the creation form [Put all info that you need]

    1. Duration of 2 weeks

  3. Edit information to add the following details

    1. Edit in the project lead and project manager, and the budget

  1. From the change request that created the project, choose to implement it;

    1. Create a new work package

  2. Put in relevant information from the creation form [Put all info that you need]

    1. Duration of 2 weeks

  3. Edit information to add the following details

    1. Edit in the project lead and project manager, and the budget

  1. From the change request that created the project, choose to implement it;

    1. Create a new work package

  2. Put in relevant information from the creation form [Put all info that you need]

    1. Duration of 2 weeks

  3. Edit information to add the following details

    1. Edit in the project lead and project manager, and the budget

 

  1. Navigate to the projects page

  2. Find the project you created, click it to open up the project

  3. Go to the work package section and find the Research work package

  4. Click on Actions → Activate

    1. Fill in the date, project lead (…), project manager (…)

  5. Swap users to review the request, approve the activation change request

  6. Once approved, verify the status is active → take a screenshot

  1. Navigate to to the work package in question

  2. Click on actions → Request Change

  3. Fill out the information for this change request

    1. description

    2. Reason → Estimation. Label; components are more expensive

  4. Add a proposed solution, with no scope impact and no timeline impact, but a budget impact of 30 dollars

  5. Create the change request, and switch accounts to approve it

    1. Select the relevant proposed solution to approve

  6. Once approved, implement the change request → edit work package

  7. Update the budget amount

  1. Go to the work package in question

  2. Request a change → Stage gate

  3. Reload the page to change users

  4. Go to the change request page, select the stage gate change request that was created

  5. Approve it

  6. Screenshot the status to confirm that it is complete

  1. Navigate to the projects page

  2. Find the project you created, click it to open up the project

  3. Go to the work package section and find the Design work package

  4. Click on Actions → Activate

    1. Fill in the date, project lead (Thomas Emrax), project manager (Amy Smith)

  5. Swap users to review the request, approve the activation change request

  6. Once approved, verify the status is active → take a screenshot

 

  1. Go to the new project page

  2. Make sure you are at least leadership level

  3. Click add risk

  4. In the popup, say “[…] may conflict with the handling sub team”

  5. Click submit

  1. Same process to adding the individual risk

  2. Make sure you are at least leadership level

  3. Go to the risk section

  4. Click add risk

  5. Add a description

  6. Click submit

  7. Repeat at least 2 times

  1. Go to the risk log section

  2. Make sure you are at least leadership level

  3. To delete;

    1. Select the check box to the left of the risk you want to delete

    2. When the icon becomes a trash can, delete it

  4. To escalate;

    1. Click on the arrow to the right of the duration risk

    2. Change the type to definition change

    3. Fill in remaining information, adding 2 weeks to the timeline impact

    4. No scope or budget impacts

  1. Request a change to change the duration

  2. Make sure you are at least leadership level

  3. Find the change request (type; definition change)

  4. Switch accounts to review and approve

  5. Once approved, swap back and implement the change request → edit work package

  6. Add the relevant duration change