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Strategic Theme is a collection of Initiatives that can span multiple years.
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YPB Documentation
You are expected to create a Lean Business Case in confluence for every Initiative or Strategic Theme.
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YPB Workflows
Initiatives and Strategic Themes use the same workflow:

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- AWG Approval required: If set to yes then the Architecture work group is required to approve the design. Process is described on the following page: Architecture Working Group and Approval process.

- Responsible Architect: used by the Architect Working Group to select the Responsible Architect used for issue type Programme and Project.
This field works similar as the Assignee field. When you start typing, suggestions will be made of matching users. Select the user to confirm your choice.
When set it will appear in the people section on the right hand side:


- Agile release train: initiatives can be assigned to a Train instead of just a team or person:
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- Yamaha Team(s): a multi select field used in Issue type Programme and Project, Enhancement and Epic.
This field replaces the old Team Yamaha field for these two Issues types. If assistance for a bulk update is required, please contact a Jira Administrator.
Yamaha Team(s) can be selected via a drop down menu and pressing CTRL to select multiple teams.
For example, the entries on 01/01/2023:

When no values are set, select the edit button to add field values.



- Parent link: Through this field the hierarchy of items can be maintained. A Strategic Theme is the parent of multiple Initiatives, and an Initiative is the parent of multiple Epics.
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