FOLIO contains all needed components to monitor the statuses of a project or group of projects. All project Project managers must constantly juggle with time, scope and budget; the well-known constraint triangle. FOLIO will help helps you deal with those critical aspects that by letting you define a financial plan a budget, define a scope and atime frame. This is all done through Folios, FOLIO's projects. Creating a Folio Anchor |
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| Creating a Folio from the Getting Started pageYou access the Getting Started page from FOLIO's main menu (Portfolio > Getting started). From the Getting started page you will be able to create your a folio Folio by clicking the Create a new folio link. This page gives you access to the user documentation, the latest release notes and many other useful links and information.
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| Creating a Folio from the Manage Portfolios pageYou access the Manage Portfolios page from FOLIO's main menu (Portfolio > Manage Portfolios). When in the Manage Portfolios page, you can create a Folio by clicking the Create New Folio button. Image Added Anchor |
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| Creating a Folio from inside another FolioYou can create a folio Folio by clicking the Create item in the Folio action menu when you are currently viewing a Folio. The Folio action menu is available in all pages of a Folio. Image RemovedImage Added
Folio creation approachesoptionsOnce you are presented with the Folio creation dialog, you can proceed with Folio creation in various ways. Image Removed Image Added These options mainly determine how the Folio's scope will be defined. Info |
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| The Folio scope is a list of JIRA issues, defined by a JIRA saved filter. When a Folio is created, FOLIO automatically creates a saved filter owned by the user creating the Folio. The filter can be seen in the folio's configuration, under the Scope tab. The filter is private by default but can easily be shared by editing the shares of the saved filter. Unless the folio is associated with an Agile board, the query of the saved filter can be modified at any time. | 1. JIRA JIRA Projects Use this approach option when the scope of the folio is based on should include all issues belonging to one or more existing projects in JIRA. To select more than one project, click the arrow again of the project field and select a second project name and then a third etc. JIRA projects. Selecting this option brings up a dialog where you can pick JIRA projects to include. To add a project, start typing its name in the Projects field and select the project in the suggestion list. Repeat for every project to add.Image Modified Required Parameters |
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Folio Name | Name of the folio. Maximum of 255 characters | Projects | Select one or more projects that will define your folio's scope |
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Start Date | This is the date from which you want to start reporting expenses and positions in a folio. Should Date from which expenses and revenues defined in the folio will be taken into account. This would normally be the date at which the team is planned to start working on the scope of the folio. Must be before the end date |
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End Date | Date until which expenses and revenues defined in the folio will be taken into account. This is the planned end date the folio ends. This is a critical date since it gives of the project and is critical since it defines the pace of progress the team should maintain to successfully complete the folio's scope. Should Must be after the start date |
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Revenue Support | This option enable the If selected, enables revenue tracking. When checked the Revenue mode is added to the Folio. Image Removed |
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Description | Give a description of the folio, if require |
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Info | FOLIO will automatically create a JIRA saved filter that will be owned by the user creating the folio. The filter can be seen in the folio's configuration under the scope tab. The filter will be private but can be easily shared via the edit shares of the JIRA saved filters.This adds a Revenue tab for registering planned and actual revenues in the Folio and revenue information in overviews and reports. Image Added | Projects | List of JIRA projects that will constitute the scope of the folio. |
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2. AdvancedUse this approach option when the scope of the folio is Image Removed Folio should be based on an existing JIRA saved filters. Promote this approach if the issues defining the scope have specific characteristics and are from one or more projectsSaved filter. This gives you total flexibility on how the list of issues for the Folio is defined. Image Added Required Parameters |
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Folio Name | Name of the folio. Maximum of 255 characters |
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Saved Filter | Select the Existing JIRA saved filter to that will define the scope of your the folio |
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Start Date | This is the date from which you want to start reporting expenses and positions in a folio. Should Date from which expenses and revenues defined in the folio will be taken into account. This would normally be the date at which the team is planned to start working on the scope of the folio. Must be before the end date |
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End Date | Date until which expenses and revenues defined in the folio will be taken into account. This is the planned end date the folio ends. This is a critical date since it gives of the project and is critical since it defines the pace of progress the team should maintain to successfully complete the folio's scope. Should Must be after the start date |
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Revenue Support | This option enable the If selected, enables revenue tracking. When checked the Revenue mode is added to the Folio.Image RemovedThis adds a Revenue tab for registering planned and actual revenues in the Folio and revenue information in overviews and reports. Image Added |
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Description | Give a Detailed description of the folio, if require |
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FOLIO will automatically create a JIRA saved filter that will be owned by the user creating the folio. The filter can be seen in the folio's configuration under the scope tab. The filter will be private but can be easily shared via the edit shares of the JIRA saved filters. |
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This option is only available if you have GreenHopper 6.1.1 or higher installed and fully lincensed. |
Use this option when you want to track a project based on an Agile Scrum Board. The scope will be defined by the filter of the Scrum board and most of the
folioFolio's configuration settings such as the working days and the earning rules will be driven by the
boardBoard's configuration settings, avoiding
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Folio Name | Name of the folio. Maximum of 255 characters |
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Scrum Board | Select the Scrum board to associate your folio with Note that only the Scrum board that boards you can see will be available as an optionoptions |
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Start Date | This is the date from which you want to start reporting expenses and positions in a folio. Should Date from which expenses and revenues defined in the Folio will be taken into account. This would normally be the date at which the team is planned to start working on the scope of the Folio. Must be before the end date |
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End Date | Date until which expenses and revenues defined in the Folio will be taken into account. This is the planned end date the folio ends. This is a critical date since it gives of the project and is critical since it defines the pace of progress the team should maintain to successfully complete the folio Folio's scope. Should Must be after the start date |
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Revenue Support | This option enable the If selected, enables revenue tracking. When checked the Revenue mode is added to the Folio.Image RemovedThis adds a Revenue tab for registering planned and actual revenues in the Folio and revenue information in overviews and reports. Image Added |
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Description | Give a Detailed description of the folio, if require |
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FOLIO will automatically create a JIRA saved filter that will be owned by the user creating the folio. The filter will be private but can be easily shared via the edit shares of the JIRA saved filters. Since query will be kept in synch with the GreenHopper's board filter query any changes on the query will be ignored. |
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The saved filter associated with a Folio created from a Scrum Board will be kept synchronized with the Board's saved filter query. Any changes made on the query of the Folio's filter will be ignored. |
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This option is only available if you have GreenHopper 6.1.1 or higher installed and fully lincensed. |
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Kanban | Kanban | 4. KanbanUse this
approach option when you want to track a project based on a Kanban Board. The Folio's scope will be defined by the filter of the Kanban board and most of the
folioFolio's configuration settings such as the working days and the earning rules will be driven by the
boardBoard's configuration
settings , avoiding
any duplication.
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Folio Name | Name of the folioFolio. Maximum of 255 characters |
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Kanban Board | Select the Kanban board to associate your folio Folio with Note that only the Kanban board that Boards you can see will be available as an optionoptions |
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Start Date | This is the date from which you want to start reporting expenses and positions in a folio. Should Date from which expenses and revenues defined in the Folio will be taken into account. This would normally be the date at which the team is planned to start working on the scope of the Folio. Must be before the end date |
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End Date | Date until which expenses and revenues defined in the Folio will be taken into account. This is the planned end date the folio ends. This is a critical date since it gives of the project and is critical since it defines the pace of progress the team should maintain to successfully complete the folio Folio's scope. Should Must be after the start date |
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Revenue Support | This option enable the If selected, enables revenue tracking. When checked the Revenue mode is added to the Folio.Image RemovedThis adds a Revenue tab for registering planned and actual revenues in the Folio and revenue information in overviews and reports. Image Added |
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FOLIO will automatically create a JIRA saved filter that will be owned by the user creating the folio. The filter will be private but can be easily shared via the edit shares of the JIRA saved filters. Since query will be kept in synch with the GreenHopper's board filter query any changes on the query will be ignored. |
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This option is only available if you have GreenHopper 6.1.1 or higher installed and fully lincensed. |
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The saved filter associated with a Folio created from a Kanban Board will be kept synchronized with the Board's saved filter query. Any changes made on the query of the Folio's filter will be ignored. |
5. Create Sample
ProjectSee Getting Start / Create sample project for more information.
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ChangingDate | ChangingDate | Changing The Folio DatesThe start date and end date of the folio can also be edited directly from any folio pages by clicking on the date itself in the upper left corner of the page.
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Select this option for example if you are evaluating or want to demonstrate Folio with mock data. This allows you to safely explore FOLIO's features by creating a JIRA project and an associated Folio as it would be while in progress. Please refer to the Sample project page for more information.
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