Work on an assignment

After you have been assigned work to do, you can use the assignment details to understand what you need to do to complete assignment.

Tips and tricks

  • You can also manage your assignment from the Dashboard tab.
  • Inspire sends you email when you have a new project assignment. You can use this notification to open the project assignment and read the details.

    The notification looks similar to the figure below.

    You can use the email to:
    • Know when you should start on the project and when it's due (in Assignment Detail).
    • Know what task you're supposed to complete. In the example above, you need to evaluate a request (in Assignment Detail).
    • Click a link to quickly open a component or a binary file such as an image to review (in Components).
    • See any details the project owner sent with the assignment (in Description).
    • Click a link to quickly open the project the your assignment belongs to (in Project).
    • See who the project owner is (in Project)
  • Some assignments are initially shared among a group of users, including you. When this happens, the first person to set the assignment's status to In Progress claims it and is responsible for completing the work.

    The Notification looks similar to the following:

    • In this case, you cannot use the notification to start work on the assignment.
    • Instead, you must open the project to check and see if it has been claimed yet.
    • Use the project link after Title and claim the assignment if it is still available.

To work on an assignment:

  1. Click Projects_TopMenuOpt Projects.
  2. On the Project Management tab, double-click the project that contains the assignment you want to view.
  3. In the Assignments pane, select the assignment that is assigned to you, right-click it, and select View.

    A project assignment can be given a State of Ready to Claim. In this scenario, no specific user is assigned to complete the work. Instead, a list of possible users is identified and they are all notified that the assignment can be claimed.

    • The first user to claim the assignment by setting the State to In Progress can complete the work.
    • For more details read: Claim an assignment.

    Results:

    • Note the dates when you should start on the work (Start By) and when it should be done (Due By).
    • Follow the instructions in the Description to complete the work.
    • When the work is done, you can follow the steps in Complete an assignment.
  4. When you're done reviewing the details, to close the screen click Cancel.