Creating a New Activity

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Activities follow a structured input format. Activities belong to a Phase and are the container for one or more Tasks.

New Activity Pages are created by using a generic Activity template page and following a number of set steps.

Specific Steps to Creating a New Activity

1. Open the generic Activity template page, edit it, and copy all text on the page
2. Create your new Activity Page (either via adding to the base DocWiki URL or from an existing empty red link)
3. Paste in the page content from the generic template
4. Update the standard Activity navigation panels to reflect the correct phase the activity is in (updating "3" in this example:
   <div style="margin-top: 124px; float: right; clear: right;"> {{Activity Navigation Simple |title=Activities in Phase 3 |heading1=[[Phase 3 - First Public Release]] |content1={{:Phase_3/list}}
5. Provide placeholders for the anticipated activity tasks:
   • Enter a new Task header with sequence number (the same as the Sort Order) (e.g., === Task XX: New Task Name ===)
   • Immediately below that header, transclude this code as well:
     <span class="boxBlueDotted" style="margin-left: 0px;">'''[ [[Special:FormEdit/Task/New Task Name|Edit Task]] ]'''</span>{{:New Task Name}}
   • Repeat for all anticipated tasks
6. Update and provide specifics for each of the standard sections in the Activity page according to the instructions on the generic template:
   • Objective
   • Major Deliverables
   • Core Supporting Assets
   • Yellow Flags
   • Key Resource Requirements
   • Potential Changes to the Activity
7. Categorize the page by specific Phase number and Activity
8. If the page is incomplete, place the {{Unchecked}} template call at the top of the edit page
9. Save the page.

You should then proceed to creating new tasks.