Project Design

Feature Overview

The Design feature in Waterfall Projects helps teams manage design information throughout the design process. It supports different types of design work, including High-Level Design, Detailed Design, Database Design, and Interface Design.

Designs can be linked to Product Stories to maintain traceability between requirements and design work. Users can create, update, search, and manage Designs from the Project workspace, while Project Flow settings provide corresponding design development activities for the Waterfall process.

I. Create a Design

Go to Project > Design and click Create Design.

On the Create Design page, select the Linked Product and, when applicable, select a Linked Story to associate the Design with related requirement work.

Select the required Type, enter the Name, and add a Description as needed. You can also link a Doc or upload an Attachment.

Click Save to create the Design.

After the Design is created, it appears in the Design list.

Use the tabs to view Designs by type:

• All
• High-Level Design
• Detailed Design
• Database Design
• Interface Design

You can also use Search to locate Designs more precisely. Available search criteria include fields such as Type, Name, Creator, Created Date, Assigned to, Linked Story, and ID.

II. Change or Delete a Design

After a Design is created, the Design list displays information such as its Linked Product, Type, Assigned to, Creator, Created Date, and Linked Objects.

Use the available actions to change or delete a Design as needed.

A Design change allows the existing design information to be revised while maintaining the Design within the project workflow.

III. Configure Design Development Activities

Waterfall Project Flows can define the activities used during the design development process.

To view or maintain these activities, go to:

Admin > Project Flow > [Waterfall Project Flow] > Process > Activity

Then select Design Development.

The current Design Development process includes activities such as:

• Overview Design
• Review the Overview Design
• Detailed Design
• Review the Detailed Design
• Database Design
• Interface Design

In the Project Design workspace, the corresponding design categories include High-Level Design, Detailed Design, Database Design, and Interface Design.

Administrators can use the Activity List to review, create, edit, or delete Design Development activities according to the Project Flow.