Share this page

# Project management flow

ALM Octane offers a project management solution that lets you plan, execute and track projects throughout your development lifecycle:

In this topic:

## Set up releases, teams, and workflows

Before you can begin preparing the framework for your development, the space admin or admin for the workspace must create a number of things:

- Time frame: Create releases, sprints, and milestones.

- Workforce: Create teams, assign their members, assign teams to releases, and specify their capacity per sprint.

- Workflow: Each type of item is assigned specific phases, and the order to follow when advancing through those phases.

For details, see:

- Assign roles and permissions

- Set up a release

- Manage teams

- Set up workflow phases and transitions

Back to top

## Build your backlog

After your workspace is configured, you create the product backlog, prioritize it, assign backlog items, and track the development process.

The backlog is made up of epics, features, and stories that describe the work required to complete your project. In addition, you can add tests and defects to the backlog and manage all project assets in one place.

For details, see Build the product backlog.

Back to top

## Plan your release

Make a plan for implementing the backlog items that you defined for your project. First, decide which features and user stories, quality stories, or defects you plan to implement in a release. Then, assign each item to a specific sprint and team.

Take into account:

- The estimated effort for the backlog item

- The length of your release and its sprints

- The capacity of the teams assigned to the release

- The ranking order of your backlog

Use planning buckets in the Backlog module to set up your plan, and make sure you do not exceed the available capacity.

1. Before a release begins, assign features and user stories to your release.

2. Assign features and user stories to specific teams, and assign user stories to sprints.

When you are ready to plan your work for a specific sprint, reevaluate the estimated effort you assigned to each backlog item, and assign them to people in your teams.

1. Break your stories into tasks. Estimate the effort needed for each task, and assign them to specific team members.

2. On a per-team and per-sprint basis, assign user stories to specific team members.

   Note: The Team Backlog provides team member buckets to help you assign stories and tasks and make sure not to exceed the teams' capacity.

3. Use the Task Board to update and follow your task phases.

   To open the Task Board, select the Board view in the Tasks tab. The Tasks tab is available inside stories, and in the Team Backlog module.

For details on these steps, see Plan your release, Manage the team backlog, and Work on your stories.

Back to top

## Track progress

As items are designed and developed, advance the phase of the item.

As you work and advance through the development process, track the progress of the entities and of your team.

ALM Octane provides graphs and summary views for tracking progress during and after a release. For details, see Analyze release progress and quality.

Back to top

See also:

- Manage the team backlog

- Analyze release progress and quality

- Use the backlog planning buckets

- Team planning buckets

https://admhelp.microfocus.com ALM Octane 8942
Tips to improve your search results... ALM Octane Help Center ALM Octane Help 15.1.90 All View Local Help Center View Online Help Center back Go back in browser history forward Go forward in browser history Remove search highlights next topic Go to next topic previous topic Go to previous topic Print the current topic Version: