Policies are more efficient and consistent than standard review boards. Review boards represent a necessary level of governance over the assets in a repository. However, policies automate many of the tasks that a review board is responsible for, which can save time and effort. Automated policies can also quickly and accurately complete tasks that might be more error prone to a human review board. When using automated policies, an asset is validated against a set of requirements that you define and then, upon meeting policy requirements, is submitted to a review board. If an asset does not meet the minimum requirements defined by the policies, it will not be submitted to the review board.
Although you can create your own custom policies, for information on the policies that are included with Rational Asset Manager, see Policies for asset lifecycles.
Follow these steps to create reviews using the policy processes that are installed on your repository.