Value Proposition

The Value Proposition is the root object in the schema and it represents all the effort that goes into building the release.  The Value Proposition of Business Objective helps frames the release, some groups just use the release name for this value.   The beauty of this field is you enter it once and forget about it.

Examples include: Exchange12, Office 14 and Advertiser 4.0

Required Fields
Title: Unique title for the Value Proposition

Assigned to: Individual responsible for the tracking of the Value Proposition. (Could be the General manager, Group Program Manager, Release Manager or Product Planner

State: The state of the Value Proposition. The workflow for the states is as follows:
    Active: This is the default starting state. Value Proposition has been approved and work is being completed to execute against this release
    Proposed: Value Proposition is opened and not approved
    Closed: Value Proposition is completed, cut or should be ignored


Sub-State: The sub-state of the Value Proposition. When the State field is set to closed the sub-state has the following values:
    Completed: All work is completed for the Value Proposition
    Cut: Value Proposition was cut and might be addressed at a later date
    Ignore: Value Proposition was entered in error and should be deleted

Tabs
Description: Free form text for the description of the Value Proposition

Links: Linking information

File Attachments: Supporting documentation

History: Standard tab to track all changes to the work item.