When Global configuration is enabled, if we compare 2 configurations, it will compare all artifacts content one by one thoroughly by traversing?
Hi Someone who may concern,
We are working on CLM (GC/RDNG/RQM/RTC) 6.0.3.
We are thinking how we manage our artifacts to make it more efficient.
One of our engineer insist we should use component for RQM/RDNG, i.e. divide our artifacts to small parts to save the effort on comparing baseline. His point is if we use one component with 1000 artifacts/test cases, then if we create several baselines, and compare baseline later, it is much time consuming, BECAUSE system will compare every content in the baseline one by one thoroughly . However, if we separate our artifacts to 10 components, say 100 artifacts in a component, then it will help to speed up comparison for baseline. i..e you only need to compare 100 artifacts one by one thoroughly.
But I am wondering whether this is the case? When we compare 2 baselines for a component, do we really compare everything by traversing the content of artifact one by one? Considering baseline is only a list of artifacts, i.e. references, does it make sense to compare everything ? I think there should be some mechanism to improve performance for comparison.
Thanks!
Best Regards,
Jane Zhou
Accepted answer
In general the performance of comparisons is not the most important consideration.
More important are the following:
- Creating a scope for your streams and baselines (a component defines the scope)
- Scope of test plans (currently test plans and test cases need to be in the same component
The more complex your information model, the more effort it takes your practitioners to understand, use and maintain it. So the simplest organization that meets your needs is best.
There is a much more detailed list of considerations here: https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Deployment/CLMCfgMRecommendedPractices