CM Phase Usage Dialog Box

The CM Phase Usage dialog box for a request type displays the permitted operations users can perform at each CM phase. It consists of a table of CM Phases down the left hand side and a set of operations along the top. A means that the operation is permitted at that phase, and a . means the operation is not permitted. For more details, see Rules for Request Lifecycles.

Field | Description
Operations
Relate Design Parts | Relating design parts to the request.
Relate Items As Affected | Relating items as affected by the request.
Relate Items in Response To | Relating items as in response to the request.
Relate Change Docs | Relating other requests to the request.
Update Attributes | Updating the attributes of the request.
Request Phases
Off Normal | All those states which are not part of the normal lifecycle, and are not final states.
Held | When the request has been created and held, and is only visible to the user who created it.
Create | The phase when a request has been created.
Analysis | The normal lifecycle states during which implementation of the change is analyzed and planned.
Analysis & Work | All normal lifecycle states between the create phase and the frozen phase, as an alternative to having been assigned separate Analysis and Work phases.
Work | The normal lifecycle states during which the change is actually implemented.
Frozen | The normal lifecycle states following the Work phase, but before the final state.

Related Topics

Viewing the CM Phase Usage

Editing CM Rules