Intelligence−Soft Project Management System

 © 2002-2004 Intelligence-Soft, ltd


Index  |  Glossary 

 

Projects root page

Projects root page is the main starting point of Intelligence-Soft Project Management System . Page contains the list of Projects available to currently logged-in User, controls and navigation components combined in several groups:

System menu

Forums - invokes Forums Root page containing the list of all Forums available to logged-in User.

Project List - is selected when viewing Projects root page.

Admin pages - invokes Administrator's root page giving an access to various administrative tools. Item is visible and available only to Users having administrative privileges.

History - invokes History page giving an access to the list of the History events registerd in the database.

System reports - invokes System Reports page giving an access to various system-level reports.

Project list

Represents the list of Projects available to logged-in User and brief information regarding each project status.

Icon in Forum column is a link to the Forum associated with given project. Mouse button click on the Forum icon navigates to Forum Topics Page.

Icon in Info column invokes pop-up window displaying Project detailed description.

Name of the project is a link to project's Tasks page.

Number of Tasks represented in Tasks column is also a link to project's Tasks page. System may display special marks in Tasks column indicating that project has tasks in Warning or in Alarm state. If estimated end date overdue takes place (task is not completed and current date is more than task's estimated end date but less than associated Milestone date) then system considers such task as being in Warning state. If milestone overdue takes place (task is not completed and current date is more than associated Milestone date) then system considers such task as being in Alarm state.

Number of Bug reports and requests for enhancements in Bug reports column is a link to project's Bug tracking page. System may display special marks in Requests column indicating that project has Bug reports in To review state.

Number of Documents in Documents column is a link to project's Storage page.

Date in Milestone column represents nearest project's Milestone if any.

Show closed projects checkbox

Click on Show closed projects checkbox to display Projects having Closed status in the list. By default only projects having Initiative or Running status are shown.

Quick navigation bar

Click on Quick navigation pushbutton to invoke the list of user's Bookmarks. Click on Add this page to Bookmarks link at the bottom of the page to add currently opened page to the list of user's Bookmarks.

Search box

Provides user with full text search within system database. Project Management System searches for the string entered into the Search box in Projects (name and description fields), in Tasks (name and description fields), in Bug reports (name and description fields), in Documents (name and description fields), in Forums (name and description fields), in Forum topics (name and description fields), in Forum Messages (subject and body fields).

User's menu

My Settings - invokes Edit Settings page providing user with a possibility to view, edit or delete his personal settings - login, password, e-mail, telephone and some other. Using this page user also have an opportunity to upload his photo thus representing himself to other members of a project team..

My Bookmarks - invokes Bookmarks page providing user with a possibility to view, edit or delete his personal Bookmarks.

My Reminders - invokes Reminders page providing user with a possibility to view, edit, add or delete his personal Reminders.

My Daily Reports (or pressing F8 hotkey) - invokes Personal daily reports page providing user with a possibility to view, edit or add his personal activity records.

Help

Click on Help menu item (or pressing F1 hotkey) invokes pop-up window displaying this help.

Logout

Terminates user's session and redirects visitor's web browser to login page. System automatically terminates session if user is not navigating between Project Management System pages for 2 hours, however for security reasons it is recommended to use Logout link to terminate session before you close your web browser or leave Project Management System. It is especially important if you are using public or shared computer.

 


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