wpm what’s behind the icon? work programme management
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There are three tabs with a variety of fields you can use to select the Work Item records of interest.
Tab 1: fields related to the identity and ownership of the items
• Reference id
• Deliverable type / number
• Responsible committee / working group
Tab 2: sundry fields
• Title
• STF
• Current state (drafting, in Public Enquiry, published, etc.)
• EC mandate
Tab 3: relational fields and rapporteur
• Keywords (AND combination possible)
• Projects (AND combination possible)
• Rapporteur (editor) name
In addition, it is possible to distinguish between “active” and “stopped” items.
“Active” includes completed items (published deliverables) which have not been withdrawn. It is not restricted only to items which are still being worked on.
Deliverable class: “R” indicates a revision of an existing item. Only use “D” for a brand new deliverable document (spec).
Deliverable type: will probably be same as previous: TS = Technical SpecificationTR = Technical Report
If moving to a new year’s release, increment the number at the end. This shows the major version number.
Here we see 03.46 v7.x.x i.e. release 1998.
Change this to 8 for a release 1999 spec i.e. 03.46 v8.x.x .
0346Q7 0346Q8
Rule 1
If providing an update to an existing release, add a suffix R1. If there is already a suffix R1, change it to R2. (Or change R2 to R3, etc..)
Here we see 03.46 v7.0.0 (say) being changed to 7.1.0 (say).
0346Q7 0346Q7R1
Rule 2
Check this if there are comments associated with the original record which you want to retain in the new one. Normally, do not copy them.
When you click “Duplicate”, after an ‘are you sure?’ panel, the original WI record is copied, incorporating the changes you required.
Click “Update” to make the necessary manual changes to the new record ...
Enter new ‘Scope’ field text.
Hint: The scope field describes the work to be undertaken in developing the deliverable. It is not the text of the scope clause of the final document.
Check that the rapporteur identity is correct; enter the new one if not.
Hint: If there is no current rapporteur, enter the name of the committee’s support officer.
The project set will be unchanged, unless the new WI relates to a different release: delete the old release project and add the new.
Add a ‘secretariat’ comment to justify the creation of the new WI.
Hint: ETSI rules demand that you furnish four supporting ETSI member organizations in a separate comment. This rule is ‘relaxed’ for SMG and 3GPP!
You must modify the ‘stock’ schedule proposed by WPM to eliminate irrelevant milestones. You can also add sets of milestones (then delete the ones from the set you don’t want).
You can add individual “user selectable” (code 5S) milestones.
You can - and must! - modify the milestone text to describe the step desired.
Remember to fill in the date the event was achieved ... … and to indicate
the version of the spec at that time.
http://webapp.etsi.org/WorkProgram/Expert/QueryForm.asp
WPM is also available on the web (read-only):
Identify the WPM Work Item which pertains to this spec. You can use the ‘status’ database to help you in this ...
P:\mcc\Databases\Status_SMG-3GPP-combined_JMM\status_smg_3GPP.mdb
Run queryjmm_Spec_Search--SMG+3GPP_with_MIs
Find the spec of interest in the list. Take care to choose
the correct version.Note that in this
instance, no WI yet exists for v6.2.0 - so
start with the latest of the same Release which does exist.
Insert (paste) the same WI reference into the “Full
Search” field of the WPM “Select Work Item” screen.
Click “Find”.
The WI appears.
Open it.
The WI record opens. (Depending on your screen settings,
you may see a multi-tab version of the same thing.)
Click “Duplicate” to create a new record
for the new version of the spec.
Ensure the “Technical Body” is correct.
Many GSM items have been moved to a WG of a 3GPP TSG.
If necessary, change the TB using the pull-down list.
(GSM 02.07 version 6.2.0 Release1997)
Title: change version no.
Scope: indicate CRs at meeting no.
CRs at SMG#31.
Check rapporteur name. (Type in correction if necessary, and select from list offered if more than one match.)
Check Support Officer name.
Clear page count.
(GSM 02.07 version 6.2.0 Release1997)
CRs at SMG#31.
Schedule: eliminate unwanted milestones.
Milestones 2 to 7B can be selected ...
… and deleted.
Schedule: select “Start of work” milestone.
Schedule: click “Insert after”.
Schedule: The new US milestone appears.
SMG#31
Schedule: Enter free text into milestone.
Schedule: enter the version number resulting from the plenary meeting.
Schedule: enter the achieved date for milestones 1 to 8 as the last day of the meeting.
Schedule: some (calculated) target dates appear automatically.