IBM Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management
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IBM Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) is an integrated Application Lifecycle Management
solution comprising three products: IBM Rational Requirements Composer, IBM Rational Team Concert
, and IBM Rational Quality Manager
. CLM is developed by the Rational
brand of IBM
and was first released in 2011. CLM is used to coordinate software development activities across business and system requirements, design, development, build, test, and delivery.
. Jazz is an extensible technology platform that helps teams integrate tasks across the software life cycle. CLM provides integrations across Jazz-based applications, such as Requirements Management, to connect the work of analysts with development and test teams. An application is the smallest unit of install, deployment, and update. Rational Requirements Composer, Rational Team Concert, and Rational Quality Manager products are groups of applications. Different license and role combinations enable varying levels of access (read only or read/write) to the capabilities within the applications. A capability, such as Change Management, is the smallest unit of function that can be enabled through licensing.
The three applications available to be installed on a Jazz Team Server are Requirements Management (RM), Change and Configuration Management (CCM), and Quality Management (QM).
Rational Requirements Composer primarily makes use of the Requirements Management application. Rational Team Concert makes use of the Change and Configuration Management application and Rational Quality Manager makes use of all three applications. Each of the applications provides one or more capabilities.
The Change and Configuration Management application delivers capabilities for Change Management (work items), Planning, Software Configuration Management, IBM Enterprise Platforms Development, and Automation/Build. The Requirements Management application delivers capabilities for capturing, managing, and tracing requirements throughout the development lifecycle. The Quality Management application delivers capabilities for test management including test planning, creation, and execution.
The role-based license that an individual user holds determines the availability of capabilities and features within those capabilities to that particular user. For example, a user with a Rational Team Concert developer license can create and modify work items and plans, but can only read test plans, assuming someone else in the organization has created them by using a Rational Quality Manager license.
Application Lifecycle Management
Application Lifecycle Management is a continuous process of managing the life of an application through governance, development and maintenance...
solution comprising three products: IBM Rational Requirements Composer, IBM Rational Team Concert
IBM Rational Team Concert
IBM Rational Team Concert is a software development team collaboration tool developed by the Rational brand of IBM and was first released in 2008. The software is available in both client versions and a Web version...
, and IBM Rational Quality Manager
IBM Rational Quality Manager
IBM Rational Quality Manager provides a collaborative application lifecycle management environment for test planning, construction, and execution.-Overview:...
. CLM is developed by the Rational
Rational
Rational may refer to:* Rationality, a concept of reason* Rational number, a number that can be expressed as a ratio of two integers* Rational function, a mathematical function which can be written as the ratio of two polynomial functions...
brand of IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
and was first released in 2011. CLM is used to coordinate software development activities across business and system requirements, design, development, build, test, and delivery.
Overview
The Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management is built on JazzJazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
. Jazz is an extensible technology platform that helps teams integrate tasks across the software life cycle. CLM provides integrations across Jazz-based applications, such as Requirements Management, to connect the work of analysts with development and test teams. An application is the smallest unit of install, deployment, and update. Rational Requirements Composer, Rational Team Concert, and Rational Quality Manager products are groups of applications. Different license and role combinations enable varying levels of access (read only or read/write) to the capabilities within the applications. A capability, such as Change Management, is the smallest unit of function that can be enabled through licensing.
Products, applications, and capabilities
Rational Requirements Composer, Rational Team Concert, and Rational Quality Manager are delivered as a set of shared applications together with a Jazz Team Server, with each application delivering capabilities for one or more products.The three applications available to be installed on a Jazz Team Server are Requirements Management (RM), Change and Configuration Management (CCM), and Quality Management (QM).
Rational Requirements Composer primarily makes use of the Requirements Management application. Rational Team Concert makes use of the Change and Configuration Management application and Rational Quality Manager makes use of all three applications. Each of the applications provides one or more capabilities.
The Change and Configuration Management application delivers capabilities for Change Management (work items), Planning, Software Configuration Management, IBM Enterprise Platforms Development, and Automation/Build. The Requirements Management application delivers capabilities for capturing, managing, and tracing requirements throughout the development lifecycle. The Quality Management application delivers capabilities for test management including test planning, creation, and execution.
The role-based license that an individual user holds determines the availability of capabilities and features within those capabilities to that particular user. For example, a user with a Rational Team Concert developer license can create and modify work items and plans, but can only read test plans, assuming someone else in the organization has created them by using a Rational Quality Manager license.