Creating the global configuration hierarchy
The configuration hierarchy is created by configuration leads, or the team member who
knows how to create and organize configurations contributed by IBM® Engineering Lifecycle Management
applications.
Adding configurations to a stream
Use a stream to group configurations contributed by this and other IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management applications, such as IBM Engineering Workflow Management , IBM Engineering Test Management (Engineering Test Management ), IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS® Next , and IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody® - Model Manager ,.
Creating a baseline to save a milestone
Teams usually create a baseline to freeze a configuration at a milestone, for example, a weekly build, a beta release, a hardware integration milestone, or a release to manufacturing. They also create a baseline before they branch a configuration to create a variant.
Creating baselines of streams contributed by other Engineering Lifecycle Management applications
In the Global Configuration Management application, you can create a baseline of a stream contributed by another IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management application. You can also replace a stream immediately with the new baseline. You might create these baselines to freeze a specific configuration, such as a set of requirements that changes often, or, if you need more frequent baselines of a specific configuration and can't wait until a milestone to create a baseline of a global configuration.
Creating a variant by branching
Create a variant when your team must change the same product in different ways or independently of each other. After you branch a product, teams can work in parallel. You can create a variant from either a stream or a baseline.
Creating streams
Teams usually create streams to work on a new release of a system, work on a variant, and work on a patch. You can create a stream from a baseline or another stream. You can also select multiple streams and baselines at one time and create a stream for each one.
Creating a baseline staging stream from a stream hierarchy
Teams might create a baseline staging stream from a stream hierarchy if they are part of a larger team that is working on an upcoming milestone, and each team creates baselines in their applications at different times.
Creating a baseline staging stream from a baseline hierarchy
Teams might create a baseline staging stream from a baseline hierarchy to replace baselines of components with newer baselines that contain a fix.