Managing Container List

A Container is a package or collection of modules that makes up an Application development or change work request. The Container List in the following figure includes 15 Containers: 12 Assignments, one Release, and two Sets. One of the Sets is colored red to indicate an Error condition. 

Container List

 ISPW 17.02            CONTAINER LIST                  Row    1   of   15 Command ===>                                            Scroll ===> CSR
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     View: U Closed: N User: KAYRNS

     Appl  T  Container   Tag   Owner    Release    Description
     ____  _  __________  ____  ________ __________ ______________________________

 __ +AUST  A  AUST000002        CRAIG               CAR INSURANCE CHANGE
 __  CSW   A  CSW0000002        KARYNS              TEST PROGRAMS
 __  DEMO  A  DEMO000016        CRAIG               PANEL HELP UPDATES
 __  PLAY  A  PLAY000321        KARYNS              CHANGE CYCLE EXAMPLE 2
 __  PLAY  A  PLAY000300        KARYNS              OUR NEW ASGN
 __ +PLAY  A  PLAY000058        KARYNS   R5445      GL DB2 CHANGES
 __  PLAY  A  PLAY000022        USER01              CHANGE CYCLE EXAMPLE 2
 __ +PLAY  A  PLAY000015        MCGILL              USER20 DEMO ASSIGNMENT
 __  PLAY  A  PLAY000011        MCGILL              PAYROLL SYSTEM UPDATES
 __  PLAY  A  PLAY000010        KARYNS              THE WEBSITE
 __  PLAY  A  PLAY000009        PAUL                HFS SAMPLES
 __ +PLAY  A  PLAY000002        MCGILL              GUI DEMO
 __  PLAY  R  R5445             MCGILL              DEMO SYSTEM RELEASE
 __  PLAY  S  S000004306        KARYNS   R5445      GL DB2 CHANGES
 __  PLAY  S  S000004303        KARYNS              CHANGE CYCLE EXAMPLE 2

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A Container is a useful ISPW facility designed to help Applications staff structure and manage their work. These ISPW Containers are more than just tracking numbers. They are a way to group modules together logically to control and coordinate Application change components as one unit.

A Container is analogous to a PC file folder, but with an important difference. Within that file folder are objects in various different types of files, but it is possible to pick up and manage those objects as if they were all in one directory.

Types of Containers

Containers may be one of three different types: Assignments, Releases, or Sets.

  • Assignments are collections of Tasks (modules) that belong to a particular project or work request. An Assignment has one or more Tasks and can be a personal Assignment or shared within a project team. A Task must belong to an Assignment, though Tasks can be viewed in different Releases or Sets.
  • Releases are collections of functionally related Tasks that could all belong to the same Assignment, or could span multiple Assignments.
  • Sets are temporary collections of Tasks that exist only long enough to perform some particular operation, like Generate or Promote.

 

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