Question
Change Management- CA tasks & CN tasks
I'm looking at expanding our change management system into other areas of our facility. I'm running into a little issue with the generalization of Change Activity tasks.
One can make multiple Change Activities within a single Change Notice. This works great for how the work is done in the Mfg Eng department. The Change Activity can be made generic enough yet still allow for some specificity if 3 tasks need to be done within the Mfg Eng dept. However, while those are going on, I need to have two unique tasks also going in two different depts. (QE and Purch). While I may be able to generalize the Change Activity workflow enough to serve all three, I'd like to avoid making it that generic if possible.
I'm looking at the CN and CA workflows and wondering if it would be possible to have two CN tasks (QE and Purch respectively) going at the same time the CA workflows are being done (Mfg Eng). Then, the CN workflow does not proceed until both the CN tasks (QE and Purch) and the CA tasks (Mfg Eng; the synch on CA complete robot) are all completed.
I think I should:
* Put the CN tasks after the first 'Set State Implementation' robot in the CN (using the 'AND Connector') but before the 'Synch on CA Complete'.
* Put an 'AND Connector' post 'Synch on CA Complete' robot.
If this works as I imagine, the two CN tasks and the CA task will be running simultaneously, but the overall CN workflow will not proceed to completion until both the CA sync and the CN tasks are all completed.
Is this possible? I'd have to think 'yes', but have been halted by stranger limitations than this. I guess I'm just looking for confirmation from the exploder before spending the time needed to build it and test it out only to find out after that I was on a totally wrong path.
Thanks,
Don
One can make multiple Change Activities within a single Change Notice. This works great for how the work is done in the Mfg Eng department. The Change Activity can be made generic enough yet still allow for some specificity if 3 tasks need to be done within the Mfg Eng dept. However, while those are going on, I need to have two unique tasks also going in two different depts. (QE and Purch). While I may be able to generalize the Change Activity workflow enough to serve all three, I'd like to avoid making it that generic if possible.
I'm looking at the CN and CA workflows and wondering if it would be possible to have two CN tasks (QE and Purch respectively) going at the same time the CA workflows are being done (Mfg Eng). Then, the CN workflow does not proceed until both the CN tasks (QE and Purch) and the CA tasks (Mfg Eng; the synch on CA complete robot) are all completed.
I think I should:
* Put the CN tasks after the first 'Set State Implementation' robot in the CN (using the 'AND Connector') but before the 'Synch on CA Complete'.
* Put an 'AND Connector' post 'Synch on CA Complete' robot.
If this works as I imagine, the two CN tasks and the CA task will be running simultaneously, but the overall CN workflow will not proceed to completion until both the CA sync and the CN tasks are all completed.
Is this possible? I'd have to think 'yes', but have been halted by stranger limitations than this. I guess I'm just looking for confirmation from the exploder before spending the time needed to build it and test it out only to find out after that I was on a totally wrong path.
Thanks,
Don