IBM SC34-4499-03 manual Basics of using TeamConnection, Laying the groundwork

Chapter 3. The basics of using TeamConnection

All users of TeamConnection perform a number of basic tasks, such as checking parts out of TeamConnection and then back in, and testing and verifying part changes. Before you start doing these tasks, you need to understand the basic concepts behind them; that is what this chapter explains.

This chapter assumes that you have read ªChapter 1. An introduction to TeamConnectionº on page 3 and are familiar with the different objects, such as components and releases. The other chapters in this part of the book de®ne in more detail how you perform the TeamConnection tasks.

Laying the groundwork

Someone has already created your family's component structure, and those components manage your parts and control access to the data. Your TeamConnection family also contains releases. A release identi®es a version of all the parts that comprise an application at a given point in time. When you create a release, you specify the component that will manage it. One component manages a release, but many components can manage the individual parts associated with that release.

A single part can be associated with more than one release, but it is managed by one component. When you create a part, you specify the release that you want to associate with the part and the component that you want to manage it. At any time, you can link the created part to other releases so that the part can be shared, or you can change its managing component.

Before you start working with parts, you need to be familiar with your family's component structure. This will help you when trying to locate parts within TeamConnection and when writing defects and features. You can do the following to display your family's component structure from the GUI:

1.Select Components → Components from the Objects pull-down menu on the Tasks window. The Component Filter window appears.

2.Type the name of the component that is at the top of your component hierarchy in the Component ®eld, and selectOK. Initially this component is called root. The Components window appears, listing the component.

3.Verify that the component is displayed in tree view (a plus sign (+) appears before the component name). If not, select Tree from the View pull-down menu.

4.Select Expand fully from the Selected pull-down menu.

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