Required Custom Fields for HP Agile Accelerator

To set up Tasktop Planner for an HP Agile Accelerator project, you need to verify that the following custom fields exist and create any missing ones if needed.

To set up custom fields:

  1. In the HP Application Lifecycle Management client, go to Tools->Customize... and select Project Entities.
  2. In the Project Entities tree, expand Requirement, then select and expand User Fields.
  3. For any field in the table below that is not present in the list of user fields, please add them by clicking on the New Field button in the toolbar.

Basic Fields

LabelType
Assigned ToUser List
Estimated Effort (Hrs)Number
Remaining Effort (Hrs)Number
Actual Effort Spent (Hrs)Number
PositionNumber
ThemesLookup List
Task StatusLookup List*

* For the Task Status field, please make sure that its lookup list contains a list of valid statuses. To create a new list, select Project Lists and click on the New List button in the toolbar.

Kanban Feature

LabelType
Kanban StatusString
SubstatusLookup List*

* In the lookup list of field Substatus, please add the following two items:

Item Name
In Progress
Done

To learn more about the Kanban feature, please see Using Kanban in Tasktop Planner.