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.