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
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.