When I first started using the Pending Changes view I was noticing that components I didn't have loaded and components that didn't have any changes were shown and cluttering up the view. There are two settings from the drop down menu of the view: Show components which are not loaded and Show unchanged components that you can use to change this behavior.

The next artifact I kept noticing in the view was my changes showing up under an unresolved node. I was always connected when doing my work, so I wanted to bypass the whole notion of having to do a check-in. If I could have all my changes automatically checked-in when I was connected that would simply things. Like before this is just another preference.

Window -> Preferences -> Team -> Jazz Source Control -> Check-in Policies
Preference: "Auto check-in local changes"

This cleaned up my Pending Changes view and I don't have to do the additional step of check-in, usually, except on those occasions when I'm not connected (for example, if I'm working while flying!)

There are some additional preferences that you can change to fit your own needs on the Changes Preference Page ( Window -> Preferences -> Team -> Jazz Source Control -> Changes ).