Using the Change Management Panel

The 'Change Management' panel is used for describing important model management items that apply to an element. Enterprise Architect is a powerful platform for managing any initiative and can keep track of variations in the life time of any element. Regardless of the methods or processes that are being used, elements such as Requirements, User Stories, Business Rules and Components will change, have issues, require tasks, have defects and events, and decisions will be made about them. All of these variations can be created and managed, and a series of useful searches are conveniently made available to find items such as recently requested changes and incomplete tasks.

Available Facilities

Facility	Description	See also
Changes	Click on the drop-down arrow to display a menu of options for performing searches and generating charts to manage and visualize changes to elements in the model. Show Changes Window - display the Changes window, which you use to record and manage specific requests for changes to the selected element Verified Changes - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having Change items with the status 'Verified' Recently Requested Changes - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having Change items that have been recorded within the last 7 days Chart Requested Changes - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing recently-requested changes Recently Completed Changes - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having Change items that have been completed within the last 7 days Chart Completed Changes - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing recently-completed changes New Changes - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements that have new Change items Incomplete Changes - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for Change items that have not been completed
Defects	Click on the drop-down arrow to display a menu of options for performing searches and generating charts to manage and visualize records of defects raised against elements in the model. Show Defects Window - display the Defects window, which you use to record and manage specific reports of defects in the selected element Verified Defects - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having Defect items with the status 'Verified' Recently Reported Defects - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having Defect items that have been recorded within the last 7 days Chart Reported Defects - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing recently-reported Defect items Recently Resolved Defects - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having Defect items that have been resolved within the last 7 days Chart Resolved Defects - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing recently-resolved Defect items New Defects - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements that have new Defect items Unresolved Defects - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for Defect items that have not been resolved
Issues	Click on the drop-down arrow to display a menu of options for performing searches and generating charts to manage and visualize records of issues raised against elements in the model. Show Issues Window - display the Issues window, which you use to record and manage specific reports of issues with the selected element Verified Issues - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having Issue items with the status 'Verified' Recently Reported Issues - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having Issue items that have been recorded within the last 7 days Chart Reported Issues - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing recently-reported Issue items Recently Resolved Issues - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having Issue items that have been resolved within the last 7 days Chart Resolved Issues - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing recently-resolved Issue items New Issues - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements that have new Issue items Unresolved Issues - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for Issue items that have not been resolved
Tasks	Click on the drop-down arrow to display a menu of options for performing searches and generating charts to manage and visualize records of tasks opened against elements in the model. Show Tasks Window - display the Tasks window, which you use to record and manage specific reports of tasks opened against the selected element Verified Tasks - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having tasks with the status 'Verified' Recently Requested Tasks - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having tasks that have been recorded within the last 7 days Chart Requested Tasks - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing recently-requested tasks Recently Completed Tasks - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having tasks that have been completed within the last 7 days Chart Completed Tasks - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing recently-completed tasks New Tasks - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements that have new tasks Incomplete Tasks - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for tasks that have not been completed
Events	Click on the drop-down arrow to display a menu of options for performing searches and generating charts to manage and visualize records of events reported against elements in the model. Show Events Window - display the Events window, which you use to record and manage specific reports of events lodged against the selected element Recently Reported Events - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having events that have been reported within the last 7 days Chart Reported Events - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing recently-reported events Recently Completed Events - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having events that have been marked as complete within the last 7 days Chart Completed Events - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing events that were recently marked as complete High Priority Events - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements that have events with the status High Priority Open Events - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for events that are currently open
Decisions	Click on the drop-down arrow to display a menu of options for performing searches and generating charts to manage and visualize records of decisions associated with elements in the model. Show Decisions Window - display the Decisions window, which you use to record and manage specific records of decisions associated with the selected element Verified Decisions - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having decisions with the status 'Verified' Recently Created Decisions - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having decisions that have been recorded within the last 7 days Chart Created Decisions - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing recently-created decisions Recently Effective Decisions - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements having decisions for which the Effective date has passed within the last 7 days (that is, the decision has become effective) Chart Effective Decisions - create a chart in the currently-open diagram, showing recently-effective decisions New Decisions - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements that have new decisions Decisions with no Effective date - open the Find in Project view and execute a pre-loaded search for elements that have no Effective date recorded
Effort	Click on this icon to open the Effort window, on which you can create and maintain Effort records for the currently-selected element.	Effort Management Project Management Windows
Risks	Click on this icon to display the Risks window, on which you create and maintain records of Risks to the work on the selected element.	Project Management Windows Risk Management
Metrics	Click on this icon to display the Metrics window, on which you create and maintain records of metrics that have an influence on the work on an element.	Project Management Windows Metrics

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