States
In Windchill RV&S, item types can each have their own set of states to advance through. They can also follow a state model defined by the project administrator, giving greater control over who has access to a specific item type at a given time, as well as who has responsibility for approving the advancement of the state.
Throughout the development lifecycle, items submitted in Windchill RV&S go through a workflow. You can customize the workflow and the stage the item is in. These stages are called states in Windchill RV&S. For example, your process may include resource allocation, research, coding, and testing, or your process can be more elaborate.
Example
Possible states for a typical development environment are Submitted, In Review, Rejected, In Development, Unit Test, Development Done, Built, In QA, Passed, Failed, In Production, and Released.
Key Considerations
• You can only create one state at a time.
States can be referenced by more than one workflow. For example, you could set the Submit state as the starting step for all your workflows.