About Effectivity for Product Configurations

When used without Project Management, the effectivity for a product configuration is based on a start and end date, plus any effectivity defined for features included in the product configuration.

When used with Project Management, Product Managers can select a project to govern the lifecycle of their model version. That project includes a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that can be defined with milestones. Those milestones can then be used to determine the effectivity of a product configuration.

To use milestone effectivity with a product configuration, you first need to:

1. Create a project and define milestones in the WBS.
2. Create a model version and define the project as a governing project.
3. Create all logical features and variability (variants and option groups) for the product, including any date or other type of effectivity.
4. Create the product configuration:
   1. Select a based-on model version. This model version must have the project defined as its governing project.
   2. Select a milestone.

If you select a start effectivity but do not specify a milestone, then the effectivity for the product configuration is determined based on that date and any defined feature option effectivities.