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Rubber Stamp Requirement Approvals in EWM

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In Systems Engineering, “Rubber Stamping” is usually a bad thing, but when it comes to tool automation, it’s a lifesaver.

If you use DOORS Next Change Sets, you’ve likely run into the constraint requiring an “Approved” Work Item in EWM to deliver. The problem? EWM doesn’t care if the status is “Approved”; it wants a formal record in the Approvals tab. This creates a manual bottleneck for teams doing offline reviews or using integration tools like IBM Integration Hub Planview (Tasktop).

In this video, I demonstrate a custom EWM plugin I built that acts as a “Rubber Stamp” bot. It automatically triggers a formal approval the moment a Work Item hits a specific state.

What we cover:

  • The difference between “Status” and “Formal Approval” in EWM.
  • Why DOORS Next Change Set deliveries get blocked.
  • A walkthrough of the Auto-Approval Plugin (Web UI — there is an Eclipse version as well).
  • How this enables seamless automation with IBM Engineering Integration Hub or other automations that interact with the EWM REST API.

The Hidden DXL Menu

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In this Engineering Tool Tip focused on IBM DOORS Classic, Kevin reveals a hidden menu for DXL code authors hidden deep within the bowels of DOORS.

Even with messed up camera settings Kevin comes through with another time saving tip!

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Redact Your REQIF

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In this Engineering Tool Tip focused on IBM DOORS Next, Kevin shows how to send create REQIFs from modules filtered by a view.

The best thumbnail to a youtube video Kevin has ever made.

Filmed from #ibm #TechXChange2024 !

Major shout out to our friends at Requisis!

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DOORS Next Can Do That?!

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In this IBM Engineering Tool Tip video, I go over a feature that exists in DOORS Next that is hidden. It lets you see extended information about the other side of an RM link. In fact, while making this video, I found they added yet another feature IBM added to this feature that I didn’t even know about! Check it out to level up your DOORS Next mastery!

How to Tell If Your IBM Jazz Instance Was Set Up Right!

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In this first IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management Tool Tip video, Kevin from Baselines Incorporated explains how he can tell if an IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM, formerly CLM) instance was set up by someone who knew what they were doing when they set it up.

This is a very important topic, because if your production Jazz ELM instance has been set up this way, it indicates inexperience with these tools, and it indicates that there could be many other things that your administrators/services providers do not know.

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