Switching a Cycle
When a cycle ends, you can close it and start a new one by successfully passing the Deploy to Scope
quality gate.
Prerequisites
You have passed all of the quality gates for the active cycle before the Deploy to Scope
quality gate.
Procedure
To switch a cycle, proceed as follows:
Select your QGM scenario and open the
Quality Gate
dialog box, for example, by clicking the quality gate in the calendar view.Select the
Deploy to Scope
quality gate. The quality gate needs to be approved by the Quality Manager and the Quality Advisory Board member before the overall status is set to “Passed”. After the quality gate has been passed by both, chooseOK
.In the
Open Issues
dialog box that appears, chooseContinue
.Set the overall status to
Passed
and chooseOK
.
NoteThe dialog box warns you about:
Open changes
Open transport requests
Transport requests that have not been imported to production systems
These will be moved to the new change cycle.
End of the note.
Result
The Deploy to Scope
quality gate has been passed and your scenario has been switched to the next cycle.