Transport Management (CTS/CTS+/cCTS)

A Basis admin schedules CTS+ configuration as a blocker before ChaRM can manage Java/JEE changes. Is CTS+ actually a prerequisite, and what does it really buy you?

Under ChaRM you trust change-document status to keep unapproved changes out of PRD, yet an unauthorized transport still reaches production via 'import project all'. What did that command do, and what config closes the hole?

Reassigning a normal change to a different cycle is refused under several conditions. Of those conditions, which ONE is the signal that you can only proceed by turning on cCTS?

A change manager wants to cherry-pick a single transport with selective import while ChaRM runs the landscape. Why is this contraindicated, and the one case where it's acceptable?

A developer releases a normal-change transport and it aborts because it contains a critical object. What is the skipped step that unblocks it, and who must perform it?

You decouple a transport from its change document. What new danger appears the moment you do it, what must you do ASAP, and how does cCTS change what you're even allowed to decouple?

When setting up TMS transport strategy for ChaRM, why must you DEACTIVATE the TMS QA approval rather than leaving it on for extra safety — and what two other settings go with it?

You're activating extended transport control so ChaRM/QGM can drive the managed landscape. Which system type must NOT get CTC=1, and what's the step people forget that silently no-ops the change?

SolMan's central transport tracking shows a risk flag: a ToC reached QAS but the original transport hasn't. Is this a failure, and what's the wrong reflex it provokes?

A team plans to adopt cCTS by itself as a drop-in 'better CTS'. Why won't that work, and what three abilities does cCTS actually unlock once integrated?

A project deprioritizes TMS route configuration as a minor Basis detail because ChaRM 'handles transport'. Why is that backwards, and what specifically breaks if the TMS routes are wrong?

You blacklist a core business object with the Critical Object Check, expecting every transport touching it to be gated. Which transports does it actually cover, and what's the scope gap that lets a change slip through?

Someone expects plain CTS to automatically promote SAP PI and Enterprise Portal changes through the landscape, just like an ABAP system. Why doesn't it, and what does that mean for landscape design?

In Central CTS, 'the System' relies on two grouping structures beginners conflate. What is the distinguishing axis between a transport cluster and a transport collection?

From SAP Solution Manager 7.1, what did the Harmonized RFC communication change for ChaRM transports, and what two requirements did it remove?