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Requesting electronic signatures for a formal review

Overview

Note: Project administrators can set all new formal reviews to require electronic signatures by default in Project Settings (Project Administration Console).

Blueprint allows review creators to request electronic signatures from approvers in a formal review. Electronic signatures can only be enabled for all approvers in a formal review.

To request electronic signatures from approver(s):

Note: In order to configure a formal review package, you must first create a baseline to include in the review package.

  1. ClosedCreate a review package.

    Click the New button, point to Child Artifact and then click Review.

  2. ClosedSelect a baseline to include in the review.

    Click Select Contents and Approval.

    The Choose Review Contents dialog box appears.

    Select Formal Review.

    Select your baseline and then click Add.

    Click OK.

    Note: Only after you select your baseline can you enable Require electronic signatures for formal reviews.

  3. Select Require electronic signatures for formal reviews.

    The electronic signature feature can only be enabled for all approvers in a formal review.

  4. ClosedAdd the approvers.

    Click Select Review Participants.

    Select the users you want to include in your review and then click OK.

  5. ClosedStart the review.

    Click the Start Review button.

    To make the review live, click the Publish button (Artifacts group, Home tab).

When approvers begin the review and either approve or disapprove an artifact,they must provide electronic signatures either via federated authentication or password authentication.

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