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In-Depth Information
Figure 1-19.
The Features dashboard
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The Calendar tab shows your feature development deadlines in a visualize
calendar format, the History tab shows you the latest updates made to the list
of features, and the Focus Areas and Owners tab shows the distribution of
features among the various persons involved in a doughnut chart.
Tip
The steps involved in creating milestones, tasks, and reporting bugs are very similar to those for creating
a feature. To access each item, click on the corresponding icon in the Team Development menu.
How It Works
The new Team Development module provided in version 4.0 of APEX provides a way for stakeholders
(your end users) to log in and track the status of feature requests and to even insert their feedback as
they use the application you've developed!
APEX Team Development is also a great boon for development teams that use a SCRUM-based
methodology like agile in their projects. One of the basic tenets of agile is that features can be added in
any order at any time, and more importantly, a working product can be released at any iteration.
Using Team Development, you can quickly create a new release; group a bunch of features,
milestones, and tasks under that release; and track its progress through the various dashboards in the
