My company is starting to use mantis more and we now have close to 10 projects under development using it for defect tracking, and I am trying to make sure we are using mantis effectively.
I have searched in the forums for info on "subprojects" and have found multiple questions where people ask the difference between a project vs a subproject or info on how to use subprojects... but none of the posts have gotten a response.
Can comeone clarify how to use a subproject?
project vs subproject
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Caveat: I'm still a beginner, but I believe I know the answer to this.
As described in the manual, "subprojects" are really just projects, but you've told one project it's the parent of a second project. The second project is now both a "project" and a "subproject". You probably know that already.
You use subprojects to organize your tickets. For example, I have a project for all Meetings group projects. I have two other projects for the 2008 Meeting and for the Meeting Blog. I made those two projects into subprojects of the Meetings group.
Now I can view the Meetings Blog project and see all of its tickets. I can view the Meetings group project and see ALL tickets for meetings -- both 2008 Meeting & Blog tickets.
Even better, I can make the Meeting Blog project into a subproject for something else. The blog is news-related, so I made it the subproject for my News Division project. That makes certain I'll find the ticket no matter which manager I'm working with at the time.
Hope that helps.
As described in the manual, "subprojects" are really just projects, but you've told one project it's the parent of a second project. The second project is now both a "project" and a "subproject". You probably know that already.
You use subprojects to organize your tickets. For example, I have a project for all Meetings group projects. I have two other projects for the 2008 Meeting and for the Meeting Blog. I made those two projects into subprojects of the Meetings group.
Now I can view the Meetings Blog project and see all of its tickets. I can view the Meetings group project and see ALL tickets for meetings -- both 2008 Meeting & Blog tickets.
Even better, I can make the Meeting Blog project into a subproject for something else. The blog is news-related, so I made it the subproject for my News Division project. That makes certain I'll find the ticket no matter which manager I'm working with at the time.
Hope that helps.