Create and Manage Tasks

In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps required to create, process, complete and close an Activity in A3 Platform. In order to complete this tutorial, you must have A3 Platform installed on your computer. The following project and users will be used throughout this tutorial.

1. Project: Sample Project
2. Users:
   1. Peter (Project Manager)
   2. John (Programmer)

If you already have a running installation of A3 Platform, you may use your own project and users for this tutorial. Otherwise, please read the tutorial Download and Installation of A3 Platform to learn how to install A3 Platform and set up users and projects needed.

Create Activity

1. Login as Peter.
   
2. Open the Process page, which shows the formation of the project's Software Development Life Cycle in grid form. Each cell shows progress of Resources (Requirements, Activities, Issues, Artifacts) within the life cycle.
   
3. Click on the No Activity bar inside the cell that intersects I1 (Phase), Implementation (Discipline) and 1.0 (Iteration).
   
4. This opens the Activity page. Let's create a development activity and assign it for John to take action. Click on New Activity.
   
5. Enter the name of the Activity: Develop the login function
   
6. Fill in the Activity details as shown in the image below:
   
7. We want John to handle this Activity. Select John to be the Assignee.
   
8. When John has finished the Activity, we want Peter to verify the Activity. Keep Peter be the one who will verify this Activity by keeping Verify By unchanged. The one selected in Verify By will be notified when the Activity is completed.
   
9. Click Save at bottom right.
10. Logout by clicking Logout at top right corner.
    

Complete Activity

1. Login as John.
   
2. This opens the Home page automatically. In the My Activities widget, the Activity Peter has created is listed.
   
3. Click the name of the Activity to open it.
   
4. In practice, after opening the Activity, you read its content and start working on it. But for now, suppose you have finished the Activity. Click Complete at bottom right.
   
5. Logout by clicking Logout at top right corner.

Verify Activity

1. Login as Peter.
2. Open the Home page.
   
3. The Activity John just completed is listed in My Activities, with gray as the background color. This means that the Activity is completed. You should now check John's work. Click the name of the Activity to open it.
   
4. In practice, you should now verify John's work. Let's say you have verified it and confirmed that it is working. Click Close at bottom right.