Process rules are only a part of build management. The release and purpose combination for a project determines which process rule the project uses.
Each release contains a list of process rules that are valid for that release. Use process rules to control the process for a team for a particular release, and to let teams working on different releases use different processes.
Here is the Release Properties dialog box that displays the process rules for release MYSC/1.0 - cc. In this example, one of the purposes is Visible Development and the process rule is MYSC/1.0: Visible Development.
A process rule specifies how a project updated. To use a process rule, a project must have a release and purpose set. There is one active process rule for each purpose for a release.
This figure shows a project grouping in the Properties dialog titled All Inst/1.0 Integration Testing Projects from Database D - ccm.
The release for the project grouping is set to Ints/1.0. The project grouping purpose is set to Integration Testing. This process rule defines how the baseline and tasks are selected.
If your site is using Rational® Synergy for the first time, your database is set to use process rules by default.
If your team is converting to process rules during a release, follow the conversion process in Converting to process rules.