Reviewing Elements

When you are managing or working as a member of a project team, it is useful to have mechanisms for reviewing the work you are doing and keeping some record of those reviews, whether they are casual discussions between peers or coordinated, structured and formal reviews. The Specification Manager provides a number of facilities that support the full range of review types, focused on the elements that are defined in the Specification Package.

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Show > Window > Team Review

Construct > Project > Team Review

Specification-Specify > Specification > Team Review > Open Team Review

Specification-Specify > Specification > Team Review > Create Review Document

Specification-Specify > Specification > Team Review > Auto Generate Review

Specification-Specify > Specification > Team Review > Bind Package to Team Review Folder

Specification-Specify > Specification > Team Review > Model Mail

Specification-Specify > Element > Discuss

Review facilities

Facility	Description	See also
Review Documents	It is possible to create any number of 'Review Documents' on the elements of the Specification Package, both to formalize and guide specific review processes and to present the element information to be reviewed. The documents are stored in and easily accessed from the 'Team Review' feature.	Create Review Document
Bind Package to Team Review Folder	By default, 'Review Documents' are stored in folders under a special category of the Team Review, called 'Formal Reviews'. You can, however, generate those documents elsewhere in the Team Review, by binding the Specification Package to whichever Team Review folder (topic) is most appropriate to the Package.
Team Review	The Team Review tools provide a number of other facilities that can be of use in discussing the development and features of an element, such as the 'Resources' folder or the ability to develop a sequence of communications on a specific element, on a group of elements, or on some broader aspect of the model development.	Team Review Tools
Element Discussions	Using the 'Element Discussions' facility, you can initiate or respond to a general, ad-hoc discussion amongst your team members, on a specific element. The facility maintains a record of each initial comment or question, and every response to that comment. There is no limit on the number of different discussions, on the number of responses, or on the length of each item, although the facility is better suited to short queries and responses. When there is a discussion on an element, the icon displays in the 'Discussion' and 'All Indicators' columns on the Specification Manager. Simply double-click on the icon to display the discussion. You can also access the Element Discussion window through the 'Navigator Toolbar' menu path.	Element Discussions
Model Mail	The Model Mail facility is a personal, project-internal email service. You can use it to send emails to specific individuals or groups on your project, concerning the Specification Manager contents or functions, or any other subject you need to discuss. If you want to discuss a particular element, click on it in the Specification Manager and use the Model Mail 'Create \| Link to Existing Element' context menu option to create a hyperlink in the mail message to the element.	Model Mail

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