Managing tasks with phase gates

The Teamcenter phase gate process divides a project into a series of phases that define best practice activities. After each phase of the process, there is a gate or quality control checkpoint. The process evaluates the phase at the gate to ensure the action plan and request for resources are sound.

In Schedule Manager, a phase gate is a special type of task structure. A phase corresponds to a summary task; a gate is a special task that provides criteria to determine if the phase is complete. Tasks within phases and gates can be linked to Teamcenter workflow. Phases are not linked to a Teamcenter workflow.

Tasks or task structures in Schedule Manager allow you to submit tasks to Teamcenter workflow. As tasks are worked on and updated in Teamcenter workflow, that information is sent to Schedule Manager where the corresponding information is updated.