Sizing a project in App Studio for BAs
1 Task
20 mins
Scenario
With the prototype for the GoGoRoad application and Assistance Request Case Type complete, stakeholders have requested a revised estimate of the project's size and scope. The estimate is used to confirm staffing models and provide approximate delivery dates for MLP1, MLP2, and beyond.
As a Pega Business Architect, you use the GoGoRoad application prototype along with App Studio's Application profile Estimator tool to determine the total number of hours expected to deliver a production-ready version of MLP1 for the GoGoRoad project.
The following table provides the credentials you need to complete the challenge:
Role | User name | Password |
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Business Architect | author@gogoroad | pega123! |
Note: Your practice environment may support the completion of multiple challenges. As a result, the configuration shown in the challenge walkthrough may not match your environment exactly.
Challenge Walkthrough
Detailed Tasks
1 Create a new Data Object in the Create Stage
- In the Pega instance for the challenge, enter the following credentials:
- In the User name field, enter author@gogoroad.
- In the Password field, enter pega123!.
- In the navigation pane of App Studio, click Case Types > Assistance Request to open the Assistance Request Case Type.
- In the Create Stage of the Assistance Request Case Type, click to create a new Data object.
- In the New Data Object modal, enter NHTSA Model, and click Tip: NHTSA, or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, provides information on various vehicle models. GoGoRoad will use this information to ensure that service providers are equipped to assist their customers.
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- In the NHTSA Model Data Object, click Pega.
- In the System properties pane, in the Select system list, select Create new.
- In the Name field, enter NHTSA vPIC.
- Click Submit.
- In the System properties pane, update the NHTSA Model Data Object using the values in the following table.
Read Write Existing API Release Complexity Mark as done X X MLP1 High - Click Save.
Tip: Complexity indicates how much time the development team needs to implement a Channel. Implementing a Channel includes completing all the actions necessary for a Persona to begin using a Channel. Even the default Personas and Channels require further configuration and testing before they can be marked as done.
Confirm your work
- In the navigation pane of App Studio, click .
- In the Application overview section, under Application profile, click Manage to open the Application profile landing page.
- Select the tab.
- In the Release list, select All.
- In the Delivery list, select Scrum/Agile.
- In the Number of teams field, enter 1.
- In the Scrum maturity list, select Medium.
- In the Staffing model list, select Co-production.
- In the Environment list, select Pega cloud.
- In the Organization complexity list, select High.
- In the Data import effort list, select Low.
- Click to view the estimated size for all the releases.
- Repeat steps 4-12 adjusting the selected values to see how the estimated calculation changes.
Note: The estimated size for releases may vary for applications based on the values selected in the Estimator tool.
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