Baseline Set Definition

Greetings,
I understand the basics about the Baseline Set: A baseline set definition is a list of the modules that you want to treat as a unit for project planning and project management purposes.

Did anyone had issues with common modules used for multiple programs/variants of a program?
I've had users asking me to create a Baseline Set and then to include a baseline from a module. I know this is not possible, but how could this be avoided, even if the programs/variants are worked in parallel?

I hope that someone understands what I'm trying to tell. This is more like a Sys Eng Issue, so if anyone have a link to some Sys Eng material, it will be appreciated.
SystemAdmin - Fri Feb 24 13:18:31 EST 2012

Re: Baseline Set Definition
SystemAdmin - Sat Feb 25 04:25:16 EST 2012

Hi,

we solved this issue by not using baseline sets any more.
For creating "groups of baselines", we use a top down approach, i.e. the top level (link destination) modules are baselined first, then the current version of the lower level (link source) links into the correct baseline of the top level module. This way you can have several baselines of the lower level module which all point to one version of the top level module.

Of course you will need a means to store the information which chains of links are valid. And if you want to evaluate a certain link chain you will not be able to traverse the chain from top to bottom, as the link destination modules will not maintain their in-links. So, you must build traceability matrices or other evaluation means from bottom to top, traversing the out-links and considering the correct link chain.

Hope that helps,
Mike