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How using Rational Rhapsody UML models helps determine which code to reuse

Modeling while analyzing existing code helps systems developers make decisions about what code to reuse. This article explains the keys to successful reuse and how to reuse code by combining code-centric development with modeling. More >

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Using Rational Change and ClearCase together
By configuring the Rational Change for ClearCase Interface, you can use Rational Change and Rational ClearCase together for change and configuration management. Learn how these tools integrate to track implementation of change requests. (Requires intermediate-level knowledge of both tools.)
Evaluate FileNet Content Engine with Rational Performance Tester load tests
Evaluate IBM FileNet Content Engine performance by configuring Rational Performance Tester to load test the document editing functionality. This approach is based on what the authors learned from a customer benchmark project that involved large volumes of content.
What's new in the Rational Developer for Power 8.0.3 release
IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software provides integrated analysis, development, and debugging tools for IBM AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. Although this is a service release, it contains some significant new functions, which the developer describes in this article.
Diagnose and debug with IBM Rational Synergy tools and techniques
Debugging tools included in Rational Synergy change and configuration management software can be switched on and off. This article explains the tools and techniques that can help in analyzing critical issues. Using them to gather information helps support technicians resolve the issue faster.
Integrate a Rational ClearCase UCM stream with Rational Team Concert 3.0
Learn how to synchronize an IBM Rational ClearCase client with a Rational Team Concert Eclipse client. This article explains how to use the ClearCase Importer to import files or folders from a ClearCase UCM stream to Rational Team Concert, and how to use Change Flow Target.

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Learn more about Jazz today and help drive the future of our products! Jazz is an IBM initiative to help make software delivery teams more effective. Inspired by the artists who transformed musical expression, the Jazz platform is an initiative to transform software delivery, making it more collaborative, productive and transparent.

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Learn more about developing Smarter Products: Today's digital-savvy consumers are driving corporations to re-imagine their business models. The expectation is that the products they produce will integrate into our lives, work in more personal ways, and adapt to our individual needs. IBM can help provide the software, hardware, and services to help you make your products smarter.

We appreciate developerWorks contributing author Jean-Louis Maréchaux
Jean-Louis Maréchaux is a Rational software engineer at the IBM Canada Lab, focusing on software architecture, Java EE technologies, service-oriented architecture (SOA), and agile software development practices. His involvement with software development projects began in 1997. He has been developing applications first, and then has been acting as a coding architect. As an IBM Rational field practitioner, Jean-Louis helped many customers define the best development environments for their collocated and distributed teams. He is now responsible for the development of training material for some of the IBM architecture, design, and development products and technologies. Jean-Louis is the author of several articles on technologies and practices. He also contributed to A Practical Guide to Distributed Scrum (IBM Press, 2010), and he started his Pragmatic Architecture blog in 2011 to share his thoughts on software engineering.

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