Spira 4.2 User Manual Help Viewer
When you click on either the Project Group name in the global navigation or the name of the project group in the “My Page” project list, you will be taken to the homepage of the specific project group in question:
This page summarizes all of the information regarding the project group into a comprehensive, easily digestible form that provides a “one-stop-shop” for people interested in understanding the overall status of the group as a whole as well as the relative performance of the different projects that make up the group. It contains summary-level metrics for all types of artifact (requirements, test cases, tasks, incidents, etc.) that you can use to drill-down into the appropriate project for more details.
In a similar manner to the ‘My Page’, the Project Group Home dashboard is initially loaded in ‘view mode’ which means that the various ‘widgets’ on the page are displayed with minimum visual clutter (no toolbars or control icons) that makes it easy to scan the items on the page and see the health of the status of the project at a glance. To switch the page to ‘edit mode’, you should click on “Modify Layout/Settings” hyperlink.
When you load the ‘Project Group Home’ for the first time it will consists of the following main elements:
- Group Overview
- Requirements Coverage
- Task Progress
- Project List
- Test Execution Status
- Incident Aging
However these are not the only widgets available. If you click on the “Add/Remove” items hyperlink it will display the list of any additional widgets that are available:
You can add the additional widgets by selecting the appropriate checkbox, choosing the destination location (left side vs. right side) and then click the [Add] button. The additional widgets available in the Project Group Home dashboard are:
- Top Open Issues
- Top Open Risks
Each of the different widgets listed is described in more detail below: