About the deliver operation

The deliver operation makes work done in one stream available to another stream. Typically, you deliver work from your development stream to a default deliver target, which is usually your parent stream.

Work is delivered in the form of activities or baselines. The Diff Merge tool resolves differences between versions that are already part of the target stream of the deliver operation and versions that are being delivered.

You should prepare your work area. Versions associated with an activity or baseline must be checked in to be delivered. Also note that only activities that have been modified since the last deliver operation from the source stream are considered for delivery.

After you prepare your work area, you can start the deliver operation.

If your project uses the UCM integration with Rational® ClearQuest®, project policies that are set by the project manager may require that you satisfy further requirements before the deliver operation can proceed.

A deliver operation consists of the following phases: