CTQ Lifecycle

Anyone with access to a project can view the lifecycle for its CTQs. The Quality lifecycle has two states: Initiated and Controlled. The CTQ lifecycle is driven by its quality metrics: the system automatically promotes the CTQ to Controlled when a quality metric is added with a Source of Controlled. If the CTQ doesn't have a Controlled metric, it cannot be promoted to Controlled. If a CTQ needs to be edited after it has been promoted to Controlled, Project Leads and the project owner can demote the CTQ to Initiated. If the Controlled metric is still in the CTQ's metric list after the edits are made, the CTQ can be manually promoted to Controlled.

CTQ states are controlled by the Quality Metric policy.

Initiated

A Controlled quality metric has not been added yet. The CTQ can be edited and more metrics can be added.

Controlled

A Controlled metric has been added. When a CTQ is in the Controlled state, it cannot be edited or deleted. If the CTQ needs to be updated, the Project Lead/owner must demote the CTQ to Initiated.