Activity Overview, End Activity

This dialog is displayed when you end an activity.

The dialog shows the components in the activity that are new or modified.

If the Partial End Allowed check box in the software project properties is selected, you can partially end the activity. Use the Selected check box to select the components for which you want to end the activity.

If you selected all components, the activity is ended completely and disappears from the Activity Explorer.

Note: 
  • You can only completely end an activity if all components in that activity are checked in.
  • The Project VRC contains all finished software components for the project. From this VRC, deliveries to customers are performed when the project is completed.
  • See Activity based development.
Selected
If this check box is selected, the component is moved from the Activity VRC to the Project VRC, and becomes available to other software engineers.

If this check box is cleared, the component stays available in the activity VRC.

Type
The component type, such as session or label.
Name
The name of the component.
User(s)
The user who modified the component.
Blocked by
The activity, which blocks the end activity process, and its owner.

The end activity process is blocked if the previous activity is not yet released and delivered.

You can only end an activity, if the previous activity is released and delivered. Otherwise the End Activity action is blocked. The name of the previous activity, which blocks the End Activity process, and its owner are displayed.