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Function documentationChange Management Using Quality Gate Management

 

You can manage the quality gate (Q-Gate) data of your scenarios or change cycles in the Quality Gate Management tile of the Fiori launchpad.

Integration

Quality gate management is part of SAP Solution Manager.

Features

A standard scenario involves four phases: scope, build, test, and deploy. Each of these phases is separated by a quality gate, the name of which indicates the phases that the gate separates (for example, “Scope to Build”). There are also quality gates before the start of the scope phase and at the end of the deploy phase, as shown in the graphic below.

You can also create your own quality gates in addition to those delivered as standard. For more information, see Setting Up Quality Gates and Assigning Phases.

Change Cycles

When you work with a QGM scenario, you can create change cycles. In this case, instead of having the End of Deployment quality gate, you have a quality gate called Deploy to Scope. The End of Deployment quality gate is not applicable until there are no more change cycles.

The graphic below shows an example of a scenario that comprises two change cycles. Note that the quality gate between cycle 1 and cycle 2 is Deploy to Scope, and that the End of Deployment quality gate does not occur until the scenario is complete (that is, at the end of cycle 2).

For more information, see Change Cycles.

Activities

You manage the data for your scenario in several work steps:

  • Specify the name and description of the scenario, the quality manager, and the quality advisory board members.

  • Specify the quality gates and milestones.

  • Specify the change control landscape and branch to determine the transport landscape that is to be used.

  • Check the transport landscape and systems.

  • Assign the quality gates to system roles.

  • Specify whether to allow transports of copies to be imported during the build phase and transports to be released in the scope phase

  • Confirm the system data.

These steps are described in detail under Setting Up Quality Gates and Assigning Phases.

More Information

For more information about the meaning of the phases, see Phases in Quality Gate Management.