Program Central Categories menus

The Categories menus for table pages specific to Program Central are described below.

This task shows you how to:

Categories for a Business Goal

Category

Description

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Attachments

Lists documents and other project content that have been uploaded for the goal.

Documents and Content

Dashboards

Shows metrics for the goal. These metrics are based on project financial information for the entire goal hierarchy

Listing Dashboards

History

Shows a log of all the actions that have occurred for the business goal.

About History

Lifecycle

Lets people with the appropriate access change the state for the goal.

Business Goal Lifecycle

Projects

Lists the projects that are intended to fulfill the goal.

Listing Projects

Subgoals

Lists subgoals created for the goal.

Listing Subgoals

Categories for a Calendar

Category

Description

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Events

Lists the non-working days for the calendar.

 

Locations

Lists the locations using the calendar.

Viewing Locations for a Calendar

Categories for a CTQ

Category

Description

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Attachments

Lists documents and other project content that have been uploaded for the CTQ.

Managing Documents

Bookmarks

View links to Web sites related to the CTQ.

Listing Bookmarks

History

Shows a log of all the actions that have occurred for the CTQ.

About History

Lifecycle

Lets people with the appropriate access change the state for the goal.

CTQ (Quality) Lifecycle

Quality Metric

Lists the metrics that have been added for the CTQ.

Listing Quality Metrics

Categories for a Folder

Category

Description

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Access

Lists the project members who have been added to the folder's access list and the specific accesses they have for the folder.

Listing Accesses

Discussions

Lists threaded discussions for the folder.

Working with Discussions

Basic Information

Lists basic information for the folder.

Viewing Information for a Folder

Categories for a Program

Category

Description

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Metrics

Lists important status indicators for each project in the program.

Viewing the Dashboard for a Program

History

Shows a log of all the actions that have occurred for the program.

About History

Lifecycle

Shows the lifecycle for the program, including its current state.

Program Lifecycle

Projects

Lists the projects added to the program.

Listing Projects in a Program

Decisions

Lists the decisions for the program.

Working with Decisions

Meetings

Lists the meetings associated with the program.

Working with Meetings

Categories for a Project

Category

Description

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Project Name (top node of Categories menu)

Lists the Dashboard for the project.

Assessments

Lists the assessments that have been created for the project.

Listing Assessments for a Project

Budget

Shows the project budget.

 

Business Goals

Lists the business goals for the project.

 

Collaboration

Lists views for bookmarks, decisions, discussions, meetings, and routes.

Working with Decisions

Working with Discussions

Working with Meetings

Working with Routes

Dashboard

Shows important status information about the project, such as financials, current phase, and number of risks. Lets you access metrics and quality metrics.

Listing Dashboards

Financial Forecast

Shows project benefit information.

 

Folders

Lists the folders for the project. Folders contain documents and other items relevant to the project.

Listing Folder Content

Governed Items

Shows associated objects that are executed by the project.

Listing a Project's Governed Items

Issues & Risks

Shows views for Issues, Risks, and Quality.

Issues

Listing CTQs for a Project

Listing Risks

Members

Lists the persons, groups, and roles added to the project and shows their project access level.

Listing Project Members

Project Properties

Shows views for Properties, Lifecycle, and History for the project.

Viewing Information for a Project or Project Concept

Quality

Lists the CTQs for the project.

Listing Related ProjectsListing CTQs for a Project

Related Projects

Lists the projects related to this project.

Listing Related Projects

Resource Plan

Shows the people resources for the project.

Listing Resource Plans

Routes & Approvals

Shows the routes and approvals for the project.

Working with Routes

Viewing Approval Requirements

WBS

Shows the WBS tasks for the project.

Listing WBS Tasks within a Project or Task

Categories for a Project Assessment

Category

Description

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Attachments

Lists attached documents and items from the project that have been added to the assessment.

 

Discussions

Lists threaded messages about the assessment.

Working with Discussions

History

Shows a log of all the actions that have occurred for the assessment.

About History

Lifecycle

By default, there is only one state in the assessment lifecycle: Exists. Your system may be set up so there are additional states. If so, the assessment owner can use the page to promote and demote the assessment.

Assessment Lifecycle

Categories for a Project Concept

Category

Description

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Project Concept Name (top node of Categories menu)

Lists the Work Breakdown Structure for the project.

Listing WBS Tasks within a Project or Task

Approvals

Lists the policy signature requirements (if any) and blocking routes for the project.

Viewing Approval Requirements

Bookmarks

Lists the bookmarks, which are URL links to Web sites, that have been created for the project.

Listing Bookmarks

Discussions

Show the discussions for a project.

 

Folders

Lists the folders for the project. Folders contain documents and other items relevant to the project.

Listing Folder Content

History

Shows a log of all the actions that have occurred for the project.

About History

Lifecycle

Shows the lifecycle for the project, including the current state, any blocking routes, and any signature requirements.

Project Concept Lifecycle

Members

Lists the persons, groups, and roles added to the project and shows their project access level.

Listing Project Members

Risks

Lists risks that have been created for the project.

Listing Risks

Properties

Shows the properties for the project.

Viewing Information for a Project or Project Concept

Routes

Shows the routes for the project.

Working with Routes

Categories for a Project Template

Category

Description

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Template Name

Lists the WBS tasks in the template. Except for the ability to associate a question with a task, WBS for templates are almost the same as for projects. Baselines cannot be created project template WBS.

Viewing Information About a Project Template

Bookmarks

Lists the bookmarks created for the template.

Listing Bookmarks

Budget

Shows the budget for the project template.

Viewing Information for a Project Template Budget

Folders

Lists the folders for the project template. Folders contain documents and other items relevant to the project template. The steps for working with folders in a project template are the same as for working with project folders.

Listing Folder Content

History

  About History

Lifecycle

Lets people with the appropriate access change the state for the program.

Project Template Lifecycle

Properties

Shows the details page for the project template

Viewing Information About a Project Template

Questions

Lists the questions in the template. When associated with a task, the question appears when a Project Lead creates a project based on the template. The task is either included or not included in the project based on the response to the question.

Listing Questions for a Project Template

Resource Plan Template

Shows the resource plan template.

Viewing Resource Plan Templates

Categories for a Question

Category

Description

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Question Name

Shows the Properties page for the question.

Viewing Question Properties

Lifecycle

Lets people with the appropriate access change the state for the question.

Question Lifecycle

Categories for a Risk

Category

Description

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Assignees

Lists the people assigned to mitigate the risk.

Listing Risk Assignees

Affected Items

Lists the items affected by the risk.

Listing Affected Items

Attachments

Lists documents that have been attached to the risk.

 

Discussions

Lists discussion threads for the risk.

 

History

Shows a log of all the actions that have occurred for the risk.

About History

Lifecycle

Shows the lifecycle for a risk and indicates the current state for this risk.

Risk Lifecycle

RPN

Lists the Risk Priority Numbers that have been defined for the risk.

Listing RPNs for a Risk

Routes

Lists routes created for the risk.

Working with Routes

Categories for a Task

Context Navigator Category

Description

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Task Name (top node of Categories menu)

Lists the Work Breakdown Structure for the task.

Listing WBS Tasks within a Project or Task

Assignees

Lists the people assigned to the task. Assignees can be assigned as an owner, assignee, or reviewer. They can be project members or from outside the project.

 

Collaboration

Shows bookmarks, decisions, discussions, and meetings for the task.

Deliverables

Lists the deliverables, such as documents, for the task.

Working With Deliverables

Dependencies

Lists tasks that this task depends on in order for the task to start or finish.

Listing Dependencies for a WBS Task

Efforts

Shows the resource effort for the task.

Viewing Effort on the Task Level

Properties

Lists basic information about the task.

This topic

Risks

Lists risks that have been created for the task.

Listing Risks

Routes & Approvals

Lists routes and approvals for the task.

Working with Routes

Viewing Approval Requirements

Categories for a Gate

Context Navigator Category

Description

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Assignees

Lists the people assigned to the gate task. Assignees can be assigned as an owner, assignee, or reviewer. They can be project members or from outside the project.

Listing Assignees for a Task

Collaboration

Shows bookmarks, decisions, discussions, and meetings for the gate.

Dependencies

Lists tasks that this task depends on in order for the task to start or finish.

Listing Dependencies for a WBS Task

Efforts

Shows the resource effort for the gate.

Viewing Effort on the Task Level

Properties

Lists basic information about the gate.

This topic

Risks

Lists risks that have been created for the gate.

 

Routes & Approvals

Lists routes and approvals for the gate.

Routes in Working with Routes

Approvals in Viewing Approval Requirements

WBS

Shows the WBS for the gate.

Listing WBS Tasks within a Project or Task