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| Establish Project Process Release Manager
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### Overview The project manager establishes the project process by tailoring the organizational process, planning measurement data collection, and setting up the process infrastructure. Follow the resulting project process to complete the project. # Entry Criteria Organizational Process Defined The appropriate process template was selected and/or modified to define the organizational process as a part of the Visual Studio 2005 Team System installation. When: Once at the beginning of a new project. # Activities
1 | Select Project Process Template | Start a new project. You are prompted to select a process template.
2 | Tailor Project Process | Answer a series of questions about the project. The answers to these questions are compared to the defined tailoring criteria and a tailored project process and tailoring report are created.
3 | Review Project Process | Evaluate the tailored process to make sure it fits the needs and requirements of the project.
4 | Establish Measurement Plan | Measurements are taken on all standard processes. The default Measurement Plan is a result of the process tailoring. It includes all standard measurements. Add any user-defined measurements to this plan, as desired.
5 | Establish Project Data Management Plan | Evaluate if the project will use the standard measurement data, or if modifications to the data schema are required. Create a plan for any modifications.
6 | Monitor Measurements and Process Assets | As activities are performed in the Visual Studio 2005 Team System environment, the Organization Measurement Server is automatically populated with standard, automated measurement data. Process assets are maintained in source control.
# Exit Criteria
| Project process is defined, reviewed, and approved.
| Measurement Plan is written, reviewed, and approved.
| Project Data Management Plan is written, reviewed, and approved.
| Organization Measurement Server monitoring begins.
| Organization Process Asset Library maintenance begins.
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