QGM Project Overview 
Quality gate management contains an overview screen with information in table form and several pushbuttons.
Features
The overview screen section displays the following information on the QGM projects in the columns. Note that these can be personalized to suit your information needs. For this, use the secondary mouse-click to open the User Settings and go to the More... section. You can also shift the sequence of the columns by using drag and drop. In addition, the last accessed project will be selected automatically by default.
Column |
Meaning |
|---|---|
Project |
The name of the QGM project. If you double-click the project link in the Project column, the system takes you to the backend Project Administration screen. Here you can make any necessary changes and click Exit to return to the Q-Gate screen. |
Project Description |
The description of the QGM project |
Project Type |
The type of project — whether maintenance project or implementation project |
Change Control (checkbox) |
Whether change request management is active for a particular project. For more information, see Integration with Change Request Management. |
Quality Manager |
The name of the assigned quality manager, who sets one Q-Gate status |
Quality Advisory Board |
The name of the member of the quality advisory board, who sets the other Q-Gate status |
Current Phase |
The phase that the project is currently in |
Next Gate |
The date on which the next Q-Gate is due to start. By clicking the link, you can also display detailed information on the quality gate. For more information, see Working with Quality Gates. |
The project overview screen section also has the following pushbuttons:
Only Favorites: Here you can specify which projects are stored as favorites, as well as display only the favorites you have selected. You can mark projects to be listed in the Favorites column on the Overview screen. Additionally, you can restrict the list of projects on the project overview screen to only those projects identified as favorites.
Set up
Quality Gate Management: Here you can assign deadlines to quality gates and assign quality gates to systems. For more information, see Setting Up Quality Gates and Assigning Project Phases.
Maintenance Cycle: You can create a new maintenance cycle and edit active maintenance cycles. For more information, see QGM Maintenance Cycles. For information on displaying inactive or closed maintenance cycles, see Quality Gates Tab.
Display Logs: You can display application and action logs for a project. For more information, see Working with Project Logs.
Check TMS: You can carry out a check to ensure that the Transport Management System is correctly configured. For more information, see Carrying out a TMS Check.
Manage Transports: You have the following options:
Release all Transport Requests: For more information, see Creating and Releasing a Transport Request
Distribute Transport of Copies: For more information, see Distributing Transports of Copies
Import all Transport Requests: You can import a project into a follow-on system. For more information, see Importing Projects
Reassign Transport Requests: For more information, see Reassigning a Transport Request
Assign Decoupled Transport Requests: You can assign previously decoupled transport requests to the selected project.
Search: You can carry out a search for specific transport requests and the changes they are assigned to. For more information, see Using the Search Function.
Note
You can change the number of lines to be displayed in the lower screen section, to suit the needs of smaller or larger projects.