Plutora Feature Release Notes for July 3, 2016

Features Included in the July 3, 2016 Release

Regional Release Schedule

Region Schedule
Asia-Pacific July 3, 2016
Europe July 10, 2016
Americas July 10, 2016

Functionality Enhancements

Now when your Release schedules change, the dates of your Phases and Gates and their associated Activities can be changed even faster.

Bulk Update Phases and Gates

  • Previously, when an Enterprise, Project and Independent Release’s schedule changed, the dates of the Release’s Phases and Gates had to be manually changed one by one.
  • Now the new Bulk Update feature lets you select multiple Phases and Gates and change their dates quickly and easily.
  • You can slide Phase and Gate start or end dates forward and backward by any number of days.
  • You can choose new start or end dates for selected Phases and Gates.
  • Using the new Release Activities Smart Move feature, you can move associated Activities and Criteria too.

How to Bulk Update a Release’s Phases and Gates

 

To Bulk Update the Phases and Gates of Enterprise, Project and Independent Releases:

  1. Go to Release > Manager.
  2. Click a blue link to open a Release.
  3. Click to select the first tab (Release, Project or Independent) if it is not selected already.
  4. Select two or more of the Phases and Gates using the new checkbox column on the left. (Circled in red below.)
    View Edit Releases pop up Bulk Update
  5. Click Bulk Update.
    The new Bulk Update pop up opens.
    Bulk Update menus closed
  6. Change dates in one of the following ways:
    Bulk Update Pop Up

    1. Shift dates by a number of days:
      1. Click to select the Shift radio button.
      2. Select:
        Start and end dates
        Or
        End dates. 
      3. Select:
        Forward
        Or
        Backward
        .
      4. Type the number of Days.

      Or

    2.  Select a new Start Date or End Date:
      1. Click to select the Select New radio button.
      2. Select a Start Date or an End Date.
  1. Click to select the Release Activities Smart Move checkbox if you would like to update and move Activities and Criteria dates too.
  2. Click Save & Close.

 

 

Now your weekends and Blockout Periods can be factored into the duration of your Releases’ Phases and Gates.

For example:

  • A Phase that starts on June 1, and ends on July 1, is 30 days long without weekends or Blockout Periods.
  • But there are 4 weekends (8 days) in June and there is a Blockout Period of 5 days in the middle of the month.
  • If you exclude weekends only, the duration of the Phase is 22 days.
  • If you exclude Blockout Periods only, the duration of the Phase is 25 days.
  • If you exclude weekends and Blockout Periods, the duration of the Phase is 17 days.  

Exclude Weekends and Blockout Periods in the Release pop up Phase and Gate Duration column

Previously:

Now:

How to Exclude Weekends and Blockout Periods

To include or exclude weekends and Blockout Periods for Release Gates:

Release Gates weekends and Blockout Periods

  1. Go to Settings Customization.
  2. Click Release Gates.
  3. Click to select or deselect one or more of the following checkboxes:
    1. Exclude weekends when calculating total duration of Gates.
    2. Exclude blockout periods when calculating total duration of Gates.
  4. Click Submit.
    The yellow Your changes have been saved pop up opens and closes.
    If you click away from the Customization page without clicking Submit, your changes will not save.

To include or exclude weekends and Blockout Periods for Release Phases:

Release Phases weekends and Blockout Periods

  1. Go to Settings Customization.
  2. Click Release Phases.
  3. Click to select or deselect one or more of the following checkboxes:
    1. Exclude weekends when calculating total duration of Phases.
    2. Exclude blockout periods when calculating total duration of Phases.
  4. Click Submit.
    The yellow Your changes have been saved pop up opens and closes.
    If you click away from the Customization page without clicking Submit, your changes will not save.

 

 

Now you can view the Release Calendar full-screen!

Full-screen View for Release Calendar
Release Calendar full-screen for july 3 release notes email

  • Previously, you couldn’t view the Release Calendar without filters and top headers.
  • Now, by clicking the new View Full Screen button, you can hide all filters and top headers and see a full-screen magnified view of the Release Calendar.

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